Taboo

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.

• Nagisa ŌshimaDirector
• Nagisa ŌshimaScreenplay
• Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer

• Takeshi KitanoToshizo Hijikata
• Ryuhei MatsudaSozaburo Kano
• Tadanobu AsanoHyozo Tashiro
• Yōichi SaiIsami Kondo
• Shinji TakedaOkita Sōji
• Susumu TerajimaSpy
• Tomorowo TaguchiSamurai Tojiro Yuzawa
• Yoji TanakaSamurai executed by Kanô
• Kei SatōNarrator (voice)
• Jiro SakagamiCast
• Eve MasatohCast
• Yoshiaki FujiwaraCast