Taboo
From Eigapedia
| Taboo | |
|---|---|
 Japanese flyer | |
| Directed by | Nagisa Oshima |
| Produced by | Masayuki Motomochi |
| Written by | Novellas: Ryotaro Shiba Screenplay: Nagisa Oshima |
| Music by | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Editing by | Tomoyo Oshima |
| Released | December 18, 1999 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| IMDb profile | |
| JMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Taboo (御法度 Gohatto) is a 1999 Japanese film based on novellas by Ryotaro Shiba and directed by Nagisa Oshima.
[edit] Plot
A young samurai recruit's beauty causes many samurai of Shinengumi in the Nishi-Honganji temple to compete for his affections, completely undermining the discipline needed to perform their duties.
[edit] Cast
- Takeshi Kitano ... Captain Toshizo Hijikata
- Ryuhei Matsuda ... Samurai Sozaburo Kano
- Shinji Takeda ... Lieutenant Soji Okita
- Tadanobu Asano ... Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
- Koji Matoba ... Samurai Heibei Sugano
- Masa Tommies ... Inspector Jo Yamazaki
- Masatoh Ibu ... Officer Koshitaro Ito
- Uno Kanda ... The Geisha Nishikigi-Dayu
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki ... The Servant Omatsu
- Tomorowo Taguchi ... Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
- Yoichi Sai ... Commander Isami Kondo
- Jiro Sakagami ... Lieutenant Genzaburo Inoue
- Zakoba Katsura ... Wachigaiya
- Kei Sato ... The Narrator
- Chikako Aoyama
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Daisuke Iijima
- Yoichi Iijima
- Yoshiaki Inagaki
- Yozaburo Ito
- Iwawo
- Toujiro Kinoshita
- Seiji Kurasaki
- Emiko Michii
- Kumotaro Mukai
- Takuya Muramatsu
- Mami Nakamura
- Hirofumi Nakase
- Yo Obara
- Takashi Odashima
- Kazuhiko Okuno
- Yoshiyuki Omori
- Uzaburo Oshima
- Toru Otomo
- Kasumi Sawanoi
- Shun Sugata
- Shougo Tajika
- Sanji Takei
- Yoji Tanaka ... Samurai executed by Kano
- Susumu Terajima ... spy of Shinsen-gumi
- Sayami Toda
- Makoto Togashi
- Kenichi Urata
- Masanosuke Yamaguchi
- Yukiharu Yamaguchi
- Shuji Yamazaki
[edit] External links
- Taboo review at KFCC
