Release Date
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Original Release
December 18, 1999
1h 40m
Taboo (1999)
â 6.6100 min
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 on 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 Ĺshima
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 1.3
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
â2.3
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
â2.4
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
â3.2
YĹichi Sai
Isami Kondo
â1.2
Shinji Takeda
Okita SĹji
â1.2
Susumu Terajima
Spy
â2.0
Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
â1.3
Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by KanĂ´
â1.2
Kei SatĹ
Narrator (voice)
â0.9
Jiro Sakagami
Unknown
â0.8
Genres
DramaHistoryThriller
Production Companies
Oshima Productions
Shochiku
KADOKAWA Shoten
IMAGICA
BS Asahi
Eisei Gekijo
Bac Films
Le Studio Canal+
Recorded Picture Company
