Taboo

Taboo

Release Date: 1999-12-18

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6.5 / 10

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

as Toshizo Hijikata

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

as Sozaburo Kano

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

as Hyozo Tashiro

Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai

as Isami Kondo

Shinji Takeda

Shinji Takeda

as Okita Sōji

Crew

  • Nagisa Ōshima - Director

  • Ryōtarō Shiba - Novel

  • Toyomichi Kurita - Director of Photography

  • Nobuyoshi Otani - Executive Producer

  • Jeremy Thomas - Executive Producer

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