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Taboo (1999)

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

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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.

Length 100 minutes

Actors

Takeshi Kitano | Ryuhei Matsuda | Tadanobu Asano | Yôichi Sai | Shinji Takeda | Susumu Terajima | Tomorowo Taguchi | Yoji Tanaka | Kei Satō | Jiro Sakagami | Eve Masatoh | Yoshiaki Fujiwara | Kenichi Urata | Shun Sugata | Yuji Yamazaki | Usaburo Oshima | Takashi Odajima | Uno Kanda | Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Mami Nakamura | Makoto Togashi | Chikako Aoyama | Koji Matoba | Masa Tommies | Masatō Ibu | Katsura Zakoba | Daisuke Iijima | Yôichi Iijima | Ito Yozaburo