Taboo (1999) [NR]

Release Date:
December 18, 1999

Original Title:
御法度

Alternate Titles:
Gohatto
Gohatto Tabou
Gohatto: Tabu samurajů
Taboo
Tabou
Tabu

Genres:
Drama | History | Thriller

Production Companies:
BS Asahi
Bac Films
Eisei Gekijo
IMAGICA
KADOKAWA Shoten
Le Studio Canal+
Oshima Productions
Recorded Picture Company
Shochiku

Production Countries:
France | Japan | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 18  CA: 14A  GB: 15  HK: IIB  KR: 15세관람가  US: NR 

Runtime: 100

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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.

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Assistant Production Design:
Eri Yamamoto
Tomoko Kurata

Associate Producer:
Satoru Iseki

Costume Design:
Emi Wada

Director:
Nagisa Ōshima

Director of Photography:
Toyomichi Kurita

Editor:
Tomoyo Ōshima

Executive Producer:
Nobuyoshi Otani
Jean Labadie
Jeremy Thomas

Line Producer:
Masayuki Motomochi
Ichiro Yamamoto

Makeup Artist:
Kunio Yamasaki
Mitsuyo Takasaki

Negative Cutter:
Chie Aoki

Novel:
Ryōtarō Shiba

Original Music Composer:
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Producer:
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Eiko Ōshima
Kazuo Shimizu

Production Design:
Yoshinobu Nishioka

Screenplay:
Nagisa Ōshima

Set Decoration:
Shōichi Yasuda

Sound:
Kunio Ando

Sound Effects Editor:
Kenji Shibasaki
Keiko Kawamoto

Title Designer:
Hikozo Akamatsu

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