Taboo
Taboo

Taboo

“How am I insane?”

1999 PG-13 1h 40m 6.6 (132) Released
Director Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay / Story Nagisa Ōshima
Music Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinematography Toyomichi Kurita

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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Original Language JA
Production Country Japan
Content Rating PG-13
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Top Cast

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
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