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Taboo (1999)
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
“How am I insane?”
Drama, History, Thriller · 1h 40m
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Yōichi Sai
Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
Okita Sōji
Susumu Terajima
Spy
Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)
Jiro Sakagami
E
Eve Masatoh
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Crew
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Screenplay
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Novel
- Ryōtarō Shiba
- Director of Photography
- Toyomichi Kurita
- Original Music Composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Editor
- Tomoyo Oshima
- Producer
- Eiko Oshima, Kazuo Shimizu, Shigehiro Nakagawa
Details
- Original title
- 御法度
- Release date
- 1999-12-18
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Oshima Productions, Shochiku, KADOKAWA Shoten, IMAGICA, BS Asahi, Eisei Gekijo, Bac Films, Le Studio Canal+, Recorded Picture Company