The Ambitious

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.

• Daisuke ItōDirector
• Daisuke ItōScreenplay

• Kinnosuke NakamuraRyoma Sakamoto
• Toshirō MifuneShojiro Goto
• Keiju KobayashiYoshinosuke Saigo
• Tatsuya NakadaiShintaro Nakaoka
• Sayuri YoshinagaOryo
• Katsuo NakamuraChojiro Kondo
• Noboru NakayaHanheita Takeichi
• Eitarō MatsuyamaUmanosuke Shinmiya
• Shigeru KōyamaKaishu Katsu
• Shinsuke MikimotoKogoro Katsura
• Akihiko KatayamaToranosuke Nakahira
• Terumi NikiMitsukazu Nakadaira