The Ambitious (1970)
Original title: 幕末
The Ambitious is a 1970 Japanese-language action movie directed by Daisuke Itō, with a running time of 2h. It stars Kinnosuke Nakamura, Toshirō Mifune and Keiju Kobayashi.
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.
Cast
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Ryoma Sakamoto
- Toshirō Mifune as Shojiro Goto
- Keiju Kobayashi as Yoshinosuke Saigo
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Shintaro Nakaoka
- Sayuri Yoshinaga as Oryo
- Katsuo Nakamura as Chojiro Kondo
- Noboru Nakaya as Hanheita Takeichi
- Eitarō Matsuyama as Umanosuke Shinmiya
- Shigeru Kōyama as Kaishu Katsu
- Shinsuke Mikimoto as Kogoro Katsura
- Akihiko Katayama as Toranosuke Nakahira
- Terumi Niki as Mitsukazu Nakadaira