Taboo
御法度
Release: 1999-12-18
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 6.5
Drama
History
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Japan
France
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Oshima Productions
Shochiku
KADOKAWA Shoten
IMAGICA
BS Asahi
Eisei Gekijo
Bac Films
Le Studio Canal+
Recorded Picture Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tadanobu Asano
as Hyozo Tashiro
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kei Satō
as Narrator (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Daisuke Iijima
Yoji Tanaka
as Samurai executed by Kanô
Jiro Sakagami
Makoto Togashi
Tommy's Masa
as Susumu Yamazaki
Masatô Ibu
Ryuhei Matsuda
as Sozaburo Kano
Yoichi Sai
as Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
as Okita Sōji
Takeshi Kitano
as Toshizo Hijikata
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Shun Sugata
Chikako Aoyama
Koji Matoba
Ito Yozaburo
Susumu Terajima
as Spy
Uno Kanda
Mami Nakamura
Crew
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects Editor
Tomoyo Oshima
Editor
Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Screenplay
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Ryōtarō Shiba
Novel
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography