Taboo
How am I insane?
6.6(126) 1999-12-18 100 minDramaHistoryThriller
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.
DirectorNagisa Ōshima
ProducerShigehiro Nakagawa
ProducerEiko Oshima
ProducerKazuo Shimizu
ScreenplayNagisa Ōshima
Original Music ComposerRyuichi Sakamoto
Cast & characters
Takeshi Kitano
as Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
as Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
as Hyozo Tashiro
Yōichi Sai
as Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
as Okita Sōji
Susumu Terajima
as Spy
Tomorowo Taguchi
as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Yoji Tanaka
as Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
as Narrator (voice)
Jiro Sakagami
as —
No photo
Eve Masatoh
as —
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
as —
No photo
Kenichi Urata
as —
Shun Sugata
as —
No photo
Yuji Yamazaki
as —
No photo
Usaburo Oshima
as —
No photo
Takashi Odajima
as —
Uno Kanda
as —
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
as —
Mami Nakamura
as —
Makoto Togashi
as —
Chikako Aoyama
as —
Koji Matoba
as —
Tommy's Masa
as Susumu Yamazaki
