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 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.

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  Nagisa Ōshima

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  Takeshi Kitano
  Toshizo Hijikata
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  Ryuhei Matsuda
  Sozaburo Kano
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  Tadanobu Asano
  Hyozo Tashiro
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  Yōichi Sai
  Isami Kondo
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  Shinji Takeda
  Okita Sōji
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  Susumu Terajima
  Spy
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  Tomorowo Taguchi
  Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
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  Yoji Tanaka
  Samurai executed by Kanô
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  Kei Satō
  Narrator (voice)
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  Jiro Sakagami
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  Eve Masatoh
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  Yoshiaki Fujiwara
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  Kenichi Urata
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  Shun Sugata
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  Yuji Yamazaki
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  Usaburo Oshima
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  Takashi Odajima
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  Uno Kanda
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  Kazuko Yoshiyuki
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  Mami Nakamura
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  Makoto Togashi
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  Chikako Aoyama
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  Koji Matoba
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  Tommy's Masa
  Susumu Yamazaki