• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1970-02-14
  • Runtime120 minutes
  • TaglineThe Restoration of Meiji
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreAction, Adventure, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesNakamura Pro Productions
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

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.

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Kinnosuke Nakamura

Toshirō Mifune

Keiju Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Katsuo Nakamura

Noboru Nakaya

Shigeru Kōyama

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Akihiko Katayama

Terumi Niki

Isao Yamagata