Taboo

How am I insane?

Taboo — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 18, 1999
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, Thriller
• Director
• Nagisa Ōshima

Taboo — Cast

Takeshi Kitano Toshizo Hijikata Ryuhei Matsuda Sozaburo Kano Tadanobu Asano Hyozo Tashiro Yōichi Sai Isami Kondo Shinji Takeda Okita Sōji Susumu Terajima Spy Tomorowo Taguchi Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa Yoji Tanaka Samurai executed by Kanô