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 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.

Trailer

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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

Kei Satō

Narrator (voice)

Jiro Sakagami

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Eve Masatoh

Yoshiaki Fujiwara

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Kenichi Urata

Shun Sugata

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Yuji Yamazaki

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Usaburo Oshima

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Takashi Odajima

Uno Kanda

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Mami Nakamura

Crew

Art

• Yoshinobu Nishioka Production Design
• Shōichi Yasuda Set Decoration
• Hikozo Akamatsu Title Designer
• Yosakichi Shimizu Assistant Production Design
• Atsushi Shimamura Assistant Production Design
• Keita Gohara Assistant Production Design
• Nami Hoshizaki Assistant Production Design

Camera

• Toyomichi Kurita Director of Photography
• Akira Sako Steadicam Operator
• 原田大三郎 Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Mitsuyo Takasaki Makeup Artist
• Kunio Yamasaki Makeup Artist
• Emi Wada Costume Design

Directing

• Nagisa Ōshima Director
• Takehiko Nakajima Second Assistant Director
• Shinji Harada Second Assistant Director
• Yusuke Narita First Assistant Director

Editing

• Tomoyo Oshima Editor
• Chie Aoki Negative Cutter
• Hiroaki Morishita Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Hiroshi Takehisa Gaffer

Production

• Nobuyoshi Otani Executive Producer
• Jeremy Thomas Executive Producer
• Jean Labadie Executive Producer
• Eiko Oshima Producer
• Kazuo Shimizu Producer
• Shigehiro Nakagawa Producer
• Masayuki Motomochi Line Producer
• Satoru Iseki Associate Producer
• Ichiro Yamamoto Line Producer

Sound

• Keiko Kawamoto Sound Effects Editor
• Kenji Shibasaki Sound Effects Editor
• Ryuichi Sakamoto Original Music Composer
• Kunio Ando Sound Recordist

Writing

• Ryōtarō Shiba Novel
• Nagisa Ōshima Screenplay

Photos