Taboo

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Movie: Taboo
Romaji: Gohatto
Japanese: 御法度
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Writer: Ryotaro Shiba (novel), Nagisa Oshima
Producer: Shigehiro Nakagawa, Eiko Oshima, Kazuo Shimizu
Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
Release Date: December 18, 1999
Runtime: 104 Min.
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

The movie takes place in Kyoto around 1865, in the last days of traditional samurai. Threatened by new kinds of fighting, new channels of power and the opening of the country to the West, the men of the Shinsen-gumi troop adhere all the more rigidly to the samurai code, even enforcing death as a punishment for severe violations. It is strange that a candidate as effeminate as Sozaburo would be one of two finalists chosen after sword-fighting auditions, but then again there is a look in the eye of Capt. Hijikata (Beat Takeshi) that hints of hidden agendas.

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
Masato Ibu - Officer Koshitaro Ito
Uno Kanda - The Geisha Nishikigi-Dayû
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 (voice)
Chikako Aoyama
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Daisuke Iijima
Yoichi Iijima
Yoshiaki Inagaki
Yozaburo Ito
Iwawo
Toujiro Kinoshita
Seiji Kurasaki
Emiko Michii

Film Festivals

2013 (37th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 17 - April 4, 2013 - Special Presentations

Awards

1999 (42nd) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 12, 2000
- "Best Picture"
- "Best Director" (Nagisa Oshima)
- "Best Supporting Actor" (Shinji Takeda)
- "Best Newcomer" (Ryuhei Matsuda)

Comments

PonyMint Aug 03 2013 8:06 pm Hypnotic? Powerful? Really? Not imo. It swells with potential that is never exploited or developed fully. There are points with written words, which isn't done as poorly as other movies I've seen with this because they don't try to highhandedly indoctrinate the viewer or tell them what to feel. Instead they merely summarize events or underline the outcome of something that's happened. It's not as bad as many others Japanese productions in this genre, but still not a must see or even a, I'd like to see it again.

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