Taboo

Taboo

How am I insane?

1999 1h 40mDir. Nagisa Ōshima
6.5/ 10
DramaHistoryThriller

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.

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Cast & Crew

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Toshizo Hijikata

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Sozaburo Kano

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Hyozo Tashiro

Yōichi Sai

Yōichi Sai

Isami Kondo

Shinji Takeda

Shinji Takeda

Okita Sōji

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Spy

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Samurai executed by Kanô

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Narrator (voice)

Jiro Sakagami

Jiro Sakagami

E

Eve Masatoh

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

K

Kenichi Urata

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Y

Yuji Yamazaki

U

Usaburo Oshima

T

Takashi Odajima

Uno Kanda

Uno Kanda

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Mami Nakamura

Mami Nakamura

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