Taboo

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Toshizo Hijikata

Age : 77 | Popularity : 9%

Ryuhei Matsuda

Sozaburo Kano

Age : 40 | Popularity : 4%

Tadanobu Asano

Hyozo Tashiro

Age : 50 | Popularity : 39%

Yoichi Sai

Isami Kondo

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Shinji Takeda

Okita Sōji

Age : 51 | Popularity : 5%

Susumu Terajima

Spy

Age : 60 | Popularity : 5%

Tomorowo Taguchi

Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Yoji Tanaka

Samurai executed by Kanô

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Jeremy Thomas Jean Labadie Nobuyoshi Ôtani
	Producer	Eiko Ōshima Shigehiro Nakagawa Kazuo Shimizu
Sound	Music	Ryuichi Sakamoto
	Sound	Kunio Ando
	Sound Effects Editor	Kenji Shibasaki Keiko Kawamoto
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Emi Wada
	Makeup Artist	Kunio Yamasaki Mitsuyo Takasaki
Directing	Director	Nagisa Ōshima
Writing	Writer	Nagisa Ōshima
	Novel	Ryōtarō Shiba
Camera	Director of Photography	Toyomichi Kurita
Editing	Editor	Tomoyo Ōshima
Art	Production Design	Yoshinobu Nishioka
	Assistant Production Design	Tomoko Kurata Eri Yamamoto
	Set Decoration	Shōichi Yasuda
Department	Role	Name

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