Taboo

Taboo

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Taboo

御法度DIRECTED BYNagisa Ōshima100mins1999

How am I insane?

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.

Other films by Nagisa Ōshima

In the Realm of the Senses
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Empire of Passion
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

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