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Taboo
How am I insane?
6.6(132)19991h 40m
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 on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Created by
- Nobuyoshi Otani,Jean Labadie,Jeremy Thomas
- Writers
- Nagisa Ōshima
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Cast

Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata

Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano

Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro

Yōichi Sai
Isami Kondo

Shinji Takeda
Okita Sōji

Susumu Terajima
Spy

Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa

Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by Kanô

Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)

Jiro Sakagami
Eve Masatoh

Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kenichi Urata

Shun Sugata
Yuji Yamazaki
Usaburo Oshima
Takashi Odajima

Uno Kanda

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Mami Nakamura

Makoto Togashi

Chikako Aoyama

Koji Matoba

Tommy's Masa
Susumu Yamazaki
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Crew
Directing
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector
- Takehiko NakajimaSecond Assistant Director
- Shinji HaradaSecond Assistant Director
- Yusuke NaritaFirst Assistant Director
Writing
- Ryōtarō ShibaNovel
- Nagisa ŌshimaScreenplay
Production
- Nobuyoshi OtaniExecutive Producer
- Jean LabadieExecutive Producer
- Jeremy ThomasExecutive Producer
- Shigehiro NakagawaProducer
- Eiko OshimaProducer
- Kazuo ShimizuProducer
- Masayuki MotomochiLine Producer
- Satoru IsekiAssociate Producer
- Ichiro YamamotoLine Producer
Camera
- Toyomichi KuritaDirector of Photography
- Akira SakoSteadicam Operator
- 原田大三郎Still Photographer
Editing
- Tomoyo OshimaEditor
- Chie AokiNegative Cutter
- Hiroaki MorishitaAssistant Editor
Sound
- Kenji ShibasakiSound Effects Editor
- Keiko KawamotoSound Effects Editor
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Kunio AndoSound Recordist
Art
- Yoshinobu NishiokaProduction Design
- Shōichi YasudaSet Decoration
- Hikozo AkamatsuTitle Designer
- Yosakichi ShimizuAssistant Production Design
- Atsushi ShimamuraAssistant Production Design
- Keita GoharaAssistant Production Design
- Nami HoshizakiAssistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Kunio YamasakiMakeup Artist
- Mitsuyo TakasakiMakeup Artist
- Emi WadaCostume Design
Lighting
- Hiroshi TakehisaGaffer