Taboo 1999

Synopsis

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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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

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