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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 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.
1999 · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima · 100 min · Drama · History · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
How am I insane?
Crew
- Screenplay: Nagisa Ōshima
- Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
- Edited by: Tomoyo Oshima
- Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Production design: Yoshinobu Nishioka
- Produced by: Shigehiro Nakagawa, Kazuo Shimizu, Eiko Oshima
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
Production
- Country: Japan, France, United Kingdom
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Oshima Productions, Shochiku, KADOKAWA Shoten, IMAGICA
- Themes: japan, based on novel or book, male homosexuality, kyoto, japan, jidaigeki, shinsengumi, gay theme, boys' love (bl)
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