Taboo (1999)
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.
- Released
- 1999-12-18
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Nagisa Ōshima, Nagisa Ōshima
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 132 votes
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