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
Ito Yozaburo
Tommy's Masa
as Susumu Yamazaki
Ryuhei Matsuda
as Sozaburo Kano
Shun Sugata
Mami Nakamura
Jiro Sakagami
Masatô Ibu
Yoichi Sai
as Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
as Okita Sōji
Uno Kanda
Tadanobu Asano
as Hyozo Tashiro
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Koji Matoba
Chikako Aoyama
Daisuke Iijima
Takeshi Kitano
as Toshizo Hijikata
Yoji Tanaka
as Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
as Narrator (voice)
Susumu Terajima
as Spy
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Crew
Ryōtarō Shiba
Novel
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects Editor
Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design
Tomoyo Oshima
Editor
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Screenplay
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography