Taboo
Released
December 18, 1999
Runtime: 1h 40m
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.
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Cast & Crew
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
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- EM
Eve Masatoh
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Yoshiaki Fujiwara
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- KU
Kenichi Urata
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Shun Sugata
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- YY
Yuji Yamazaki
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- UO
Usaburo Oshima
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- TO
Takashi Odajima
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Uno Kanda
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Nagisa Ōshima
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay
Media
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