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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.
DramaAdventureAction 120 min 7.2/10 from 12 votes
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Cast
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Ryoma Sakamoto
- ToshirÅ Mifune as Shojiro Goto
- Keiju Kobayashi as Yoshinosuke Saigo
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Shintaro Nakaoka
- Sayuri Yoshinaga as Oryo