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Taboo (1999)
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Taboo

1999Directed by Nagisa Ōshima1h 40m

御法度

How am I insane?

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.

  • Drama
  • History
  • Thriller

Cast

  • Takeshi Kitano as Toshizo Hijikata
  • Ryuhei Matsuda as Sozaburo Kano
  • Tadanobu Asano as Hyozo Tashiro
  • Yōichi Sai as Isami Kondo
  • Shinji Takeda as Okita Sōji
  • Susumu Terajima as Spy
  • Tomorowo Taguchi as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
  • Yoji Tanaka as Samurai executed by Kanô
  • Kei Satō as Narrator (voice)
  • Jiro Sakagami
  • Eve Masatoh
  • Yoshiaki Fujiwara
  • Kenichi Urata
  • Shun Sugata
  • Yuji Yamazaki
  • Usaburo Oshima

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