Taboo

Taboo (1999)

How am I insane?

  • Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1999-12-18
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 124 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Oshima Productions
  • Production Country: Japan, France, United Kingdom
  • Director: Nagisa Ōshima
star 6.6/10
From 124 Ratings
6.8

Summary

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.

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  • Takeshi Kitano

    as Toshizo Hijikata

  • Ryuhei Matsuda

    as Sozaburo Kano

  • Tadanobu Asano

    as Hyozo Tashiro

  • Yōichi Sai

    as Isami Kondo

  • Shinji Takeda

    as Okita Sōji

  • Susumu Terajima

    as Spy

  • Tomorowo Taguchi

    as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

  • Yoji Tanaka

    as Samurai executed by Kanô

  • Kei Satō

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Jiro Sakagami

    as

  • Eve Masatoh

    as

  • Yoshiaki Fujiwara

    as

  • Kenichi Urata

    as

  • Shun Sugata

    as

  • Yuji Yamazaki

    as

  • Usaburo Oshima

    as

  • Takashi Odajima

    as

  • Uno Kanda

    as

  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki

    as

  • Mami Nakamura

    as

  • Makoto Togashi

    as

  • Chikako Aoyama

    as

  • Koji Matoba

    as

  • Tommy's Masa

    as Susumu Yamazaki

  • Masatô Ibu

    as

  • Katsura Zakoba

    as

  • Daisuke Iijima

    as

  • Yōichi Iijima

    as

  • Ito Yozaburo

    as
Directing Nagisa Ōshima Director
Writing Ryōtarō Shiba Novel
Camera Toyomichi Kurita Director of Photography
Production Nobuyoshi Otani Executive Producer
Production Jeremy Thomas Executive Producer
Production Jean Labadie Executive Producer
Sound Keiko Kawamoto Sound Effects Editor
Costume & Make-Up Mitsuyo Takasaki Makeup Artist
Sound Kenji Shibasaki Sound Effects Editor
Costume & Make-Up Kunio Yamasaki Makeup Artist
Art Yoshinobu Nishioka Production Design
Production Eiko Oshima Producer
Costume & Make-Up Emi Wada Costume Design
Production Kazuo Shimizu Producer
Editing Tomoyo Oshima Editor
Production Shigehiro Nakagawa Producer
Art Shōichi Yasuda Set Decoration
Writing Nagisa Ōshima Screenplay
Production Masayuki Motomochi Line Producer
Sound Ryuichi Sakamoto Original Music Composer
Production Satoru Iseki Associate Producer
Production Ichiro Yamamoto Line Producer
Art Hikozo Akamatsu Title Designer
Editing Chie Aoki Negative Cutter
Camera Akira Sako Steadicam Operator
Sound Kunio Ando Sound Recordist
Lighting Hiroshi Takehisa Gaffer
Camera 原田大三郎 Still Photographer
Art Yosakichi Shimizu Assistant Production Design
Art Atsushi Shimamura Assistant Production Design
Art Keita Gohara Assistant Production Design
Art Nami Hoshizaki Assistant Production Design
Editing Hiroaki Morishita Assistant Editor
Directing Takehiko Nakajima Second Assistant Director
Directing Shinji Harada Second Assistant Director
Directing Yusuke Narita First Assistant Director

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