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Taboo is not an entirely successful film, but it isn't boring.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Taboo
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 and cast
- Nagisa Ōshima Director
- Takeshi Kitano as Capitaine Toshizo Hijikata
- Ryuhei Matsuda as Sozaburo Kano
- Tadanobu Asano as Hyozo Tashiro
- Yōichi Sai as Commandant 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 Cast
- Jiro Sakagami Cast
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