Taboo

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.

6.529

100 min

Cast

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

Eve Masatoh

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

Kenichi Urata

Shun Sugata

Yuji Yamazaki

Usaburo Oshima

Takashi Odajima

Uno Kanda

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Mami Nakamura

Makoto Togashi

Chikako Aoyama

Koji Matoba

Tommy's Masa

as Susumu Yamazaki

Masatô Ibu

Katsura Zakoba

Daisuke Iijima

Yōichi Iijima

Ito Yozaburo

Director

Nagisa Ōshima