阪本龙马是属于最低等级的武士,他尝试脱离封建等级制度及决定要争取一个民主社会。在公元1860年代早期,他与好友中平居于江户。两人暗杀海军司令,但未能完成。在公元1865年,龙马努力促成上士与佐士合作以推翻幕府的统治。幕府两次行动未能统令佐士,以玫其权力地位下降。在公元1867年10月15日,日王室终能统治全国……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.