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Taboo

Original title: 御法度

How am I insane?

  • Movie
  • 1999
  • NR
  • 1h 40m

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 132 votes

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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 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 and crew

  • Takeshi Kitano

    Takeshi KitanoToshizo Hijikata

  • Ryuhei Matsuda

    Ryuhei MatsudaSozaburo Kano

  • Tadanobu Asano

    Tadanobu AsanoHyozo Tashiro

  • Yōichi Sai

    Yōichi SaiIsami Kondo

  • Shinji Takeda

    Shinji TakedaOkita Sōji

  • Susumu Terajima

    Susumu TerajimaSpy

  • Tomorowo Taguchi

    Tomorowo TaguchiSamurai Tojiro Yuzawa

  • Yoji Tanaka

    Yoji TanakaSamurai executed by Kanô

  • Kei Satō

    Kei SatōNarrator (voice)

  • Jiro Sakagami

    Jiro Sakagami

  • Eve Masatoh

  • Yoshiaki Fujiwara

    Yoshiaki Fujiwara

  • Kenichi Urata

  • Shun Sugata

    Shun Sugata

  • Yuji Yamazaki

  • Usaburo Oshima

  • Takashi Odajima

  • Uno Kanda

    Uno Kanda

Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Writer
Ryōtarō Shiba and Nagisa Ōshima
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinematography
Toyomichi Kurita