Taboo
“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 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
29 people
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Known for
Ghost in the Shell
Battle Royale
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Known for
The Raid 2
Blue Spring
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Known for
Shōgun
Thor: The Dark World
Yōichi Sai
Isami Kondo
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Route 225
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Shinji Takeda
Okita Sōji
Known for
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse
Susumu Terajima
Spy
Known for
When Marnie Was There
Fireworks
Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Known for
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
House of Ninjas
Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by Kanô
Known for
Ju-on: The Grudge
Summer Wars
Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Jiro Sakagami
Also in
Anne Frank's Diary
Ronin of the Wastelands
Eve Masatoh
Also in
Jump
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Also in
Lone Wolf and Cub
Zero Woman: The Hunted
Nagisa Ōshima Director · Ryōtarō Shiba Author Ryuichi Sakamoto Composer
United States release October 6, 2000 · Produced in Japan, France, United Kingdom · Production Shochiku, KADOKAWA Shoten
Production
Oshima Productions
Production
Shochiku
Production
KADOKAWA Shoten
Production
IMAGICA
Production
BS Asahi
Production
Eisei Gekijo
Production
Bac Films
Production
Le Studio Canal+
Production
Recorded Picture Company
Production
Japan · France · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original title
御法度
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 18, 1999
Theatrical
United States · October 6, 2000
Limited theatrical
United States · August 3, 2002
Physical · DVD / VHS
United States
September 30, 2000 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 5, 2000 · Premiere · Hawaii Film Festival
May 2, 2001 · Premiere · Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
August 12, 2001 · Premiere · North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Brazil
May 18, 2003 · Physical · DVD / VHS
Canada
September 9, 2000 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
January 1, 2002 · Physical · DVD / VHS
Colombia
November 8, 2002 · Theatrical
Egypt
November 24, 2022 · Physical · DVD
Estonia
June 15, 2001 · Theatrical
Finland
December 1, 2000 · Theatrical
France
May 16, 2000 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 17, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
March 18, 2010 · TV
Greece
March 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 23, 2000 · Physical · DVD / VHS
April 2, 2021 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hungary
October 7, 2000 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
June 7, 2001 · Theatrical
Israel
December 28, 2000 · Theatrical
Italy
April 6, 2001 · Theatrical
Japan
May 21, 2000 · Physical · DVD / VHS
Netherlands
July 5, 2001 · Theatrical
Norway
October 22, 2000 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival
Poland
March 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 11, 2024 · Premiere · Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema
Serbia
February 7, 2002 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
South Korea
October 8, 2000 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
April 23, 2004 · Theatrical
Spain
September 20, 2002 · Theatrical
September 20, 2013 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
Sweden
January 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 10, 2001 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 3, 2001 · Theatrical
February 24, 2003 · Physical · DVD / VHS
September 25, 2021 · Premiere · Queer East Film Festival (35mm)
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