28 Jun 1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
The Ambitious
The Restoration of Meiji
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.
Top Billed Cast
萬屋錦之介 Ryoma Sakamoto
三船敏郎 Shojiro Goto
小林桂樹 Yoshinosuke Saigo
仲代達矢 Shintaro Nakaoka
吉永小百合 Oryo
中村嘉葎雄 Chojiro Kondo
仲谷昇 Hanheita Takeichi
松山英太郎 Umanosuke Shinmiya
神山繁 Kaishu Katsu
御木本伸介 Kogoro Katsura
片山明彦 Toranosuke Nakahira
二木てるみ Mitsukazu Nakadaira
山形勲 Hiroe Yamada
長島隆一 Tabun Iegami
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