Taboo (1999)
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
Writer:
Nagisa Ōshima
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Takeshi Kitano as Toshizo Hijikata |
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Ryuhei Matsuda as Sozaburo Kano |
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Tadanobu Asano as Hyozo Tashiro |
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Yōichi Sai as Isami Kondo |
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Shinji Takeda as Okita Sōji |
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Susumu Terajima as Spy |
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Tomorowo Taguchi as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa |
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Yoji Tanaka as Samurai executed by Kanô |
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Kei Satō as Narrator (voice) |
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Jiro Sakagami as |
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Eve Masatoh as |
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Yoshiaki Fujiwara as |
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Kenichi Urata as |
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Shun Sugata as |
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Yuji Yamazaki as |
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Usaburo Oshima as |
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Takashi Odajima as |
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Uno Kanda as |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as |
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Mami Nakamura as |
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Makoto Togashi as |
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Chikako Aoyama as |
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Koji Matoba as |
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Tommy's Masa as Susumu Yamazaki |
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Masatô Ibu as |
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Katsura Zakoba as |
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Daisuke Iijima as |
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Yōichi Iijima as |
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Ito Yozaburo as |
| Directing | Nagisa Ōshima | Director |
| Writing | Ryōtarō Shiba | Novel |
| Camera | Toyomichi Kurita | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nobuyoshi Otani | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jean Labadie | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kunio Yamasaki | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mitsuyo Takasaki | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Keiko Kawamoto | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Shigehiro Nakagawa | Producer |
| Production | Eiko Oshima | Producer |
| Production | Kazuo Shimizu | Producer |
| Editing | Tomoyo Oshima | Editor |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Art | Shōichi Yasuda | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emi Wada | Costume Design |
| 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 |