Taboo
1999/12/18 • Released • Japanese
How am I insane?
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.
Director : Nagisa Ōshima
Casts
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
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Shun Sugata
Uno Kanda
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Mami Nakamura
Chikako Aoyama
Koji Matoba
Tommy's Masa
Susumu Yamazaki
Masatô Ibu
Daisuke Iijima
Ito Yozaburo
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