Taboo (SPA) ( Gohatto ) ( Tabu )

Taboo (SPA) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Gohatto
Alternate Title: Tabu
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nagisa Oshima

Written By:
Nagisa Oshima
Ryotaro Shiba

Actors:
Takeshi Kitano ..... Captain Toshizo Hijikata (as 'Beat' Takeshi)
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
Masatô 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)

Synopsis:

Widely regarded as the greatest living Japanese director as well as one of the film world's foremost hierophants of transgression, Nagisa Oshima returns from a long hiatus with a film worthy of his reputation. Set in 1865 during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it focuses on an exotic young male beauty, Kano (Ryuhei Matsuda), who has recently been recruited by the strict Shinsengumi samurai militia. He quickly becomes the lover of another recruit, Hyozo Tashiro (Tadanobu Asano), and, although homosexuality is officially verboten, Commander Kondo (Yoichi Sai) seems to have adopted a don't-ask don't-tell policy. He has little choice, since the teenage wraith soon becomes the prime object of desire for half the militia. Jealousy threatens to erode the company's morale as the samurai engage in kendo swordplay for a shard of attention from the impassive Kano. Captain Hijikata (Takeshi Kitano), the most humane and aware of the samurai, struggles to maintain discipline while fighting against his own attraction to the youth. TABOO is a fascinatingly ambiguous exploration of the uncontrollable force of sexuality in a highly repressive military environment. The ravishingly otherworldly art direction by Yoshinobu Nishioka and insistently minimal score by Ryuichi Sakamoto are particularly notable.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 22 June, 2010.

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