Taboo

Taboo

100 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Dec. 18, 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 around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

Taboo

100 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Dec. 18, 1999

Taboo
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 around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Le Studio Canal+, Shochiku Co., Ltd., Bac Films, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, Eisei Gekijo, Recorded Picture Company, Oshima Productions, Imagica, BS Asahi
Original title 御法度
Directors Nagisa Ōshima
Writers Nagisa Ōshima, Ryōtarō Shiba

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

as Toshizo Hijikata

Ryuhei Matsuda

as Sozaburo Kano

Tadanobu Asano

as Hyozo Tashiro

Yoichi Sai

as Isami Kondo

Shinji Takeda

as Okita Sōji

Tomorowo Taguchi

as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

Yoji Tanaka

as Samurai executed by Kanô

Kei Satō

as Narrator (voice)

Masa Tommies

as Susumu Yamazaki