The Ambitious
1970 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 148 VOTES · DIR. Daisuke Itō
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,218 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 TOHO FILMS, LTD. Presents
00:05:18 Don't worry! Don't worry!
00:10:02 You're not allowed to speak to a samurai of high rank.
00:16:24 It's impolite for you goshito stand while talking to samurai!
00:21:26 put those of his own clan after him.
00:25:00 On this ocean
00:30:19 Do you think Japan is safe because it's the "Land of the Gods"
00:35:18 "Katsu Rintaro-sensei opened...
00:41:58 You didn't tell us about an overseas trip!
00:46:45 Kondo-kun, and Shingu Umanosuke?
00:51:39 Did he say "You are right"?
00:56:36 Did you say, Choshu men should go back to Choshu?
01:00:49 Plum blossom?
01:05:27 The house is surrounded!
01:13:29 Yes, I'm a Choshu man, so I can go back to Choshu anytime.
01:19:15 Damn-fool lords!
01:24:13 The 300 years since leyasu that they've held power
01:27:59 - Now! - Yes Sir!
01:35:03 - Welcome. - Welcome.
01:38:34 "It's all right! Eijanaika! It's all right!"
01:42:25 Enough! The samurai class must go!
01:46:36 With the Mikado, Japan calls itself a divine state
01:51:46 to decide when is the right time.
02:00:32 THE END
Cast & Characters
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Ryoma Sakamoto
Toshirô Mifune
Shojiro Goto
Keiju Kobayashi
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shintaro Nakaoka
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Oryo
Katsuo Nakamura
Chojiro Kondo
Noboru Nakaya
Hanheita Takeichi
Eitarô Matsuyama
Umanosuke Shinmiya
Shigeru Kôyama
Kaishu Katsu
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Kogoro Katsura
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,218
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line02:00:32
Production Record
DirectorDaisuke Itō
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes148