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Taboo

(1999)

December 18, 1999 1h 40m
65%
TMDB Score

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.

Nagisa Ōshima

Director

Top Billed Cast

TK

Takeshi Kitano

Toshizo Hijikata

RM

Ryuhei Matsuda

Sozaburo Kano

TA

Tadanobu Asano

Hyozo Tashiro

YS

Yōichi Sai

Isami Kondo

ST

Shinji Takeda

Okita Sōji

ST

Susumu Terajima

Spy

TT

Tomorowo Taguchi

Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

YT

Yoji Tanaka

Samurai executed by Kanô

KS

Kei Satō

Narrator (voice)

JS

Jiro Sakagami

Official Trailer

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