Film
Taboo
1999 · 1h 40m · Drama · History · Thriller
How am I insane?
- IMDb
- 6.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 71%
- Metacritic
- 75
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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.
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Yōichi Sai
Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
Okita Sōji
Susumu Terajima
Spy
Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)
Jiro Sakagami
Eve Masatoh
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kenichi Urata
Shun Sugata
Yuji Yamazaki
Usaburo Oshima
Crew
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector · Screenplay
- Ryōtarō ShibaNovel
- Eiko OshimaProducer
- Kazuo ShimizuProducer
- Shigehiro NakagawaProducer
- Nobuyoshi OtaniExecutive Producer
- Jeremy ThomasExecutive Producer
- Jean LabadieExecutive Producer
- Toyomichi KuritaDirector of Photography
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 18, 1999
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
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