Taboo
December 18, 1999
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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Nagisa Ōshima
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Yoichi 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
EM
Eve Masatoh
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
KU
Kenichi Urata
Shun Sugata
YY
Yuji Yamazaki
UO
Usaburo Oshima
TO
Takashi Odajima
Uno Kanda
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Mami Nakamura
MT
Makoto Togashi
Chikako Aoyama
Koji Matoba
MT
Masa Tommies
Masatô Ibu
KZ
Katsura Zakoba
DI
Daisuke Iijima
YI
Yōichi Iijima
IY
Ito Yozaburo