Taboo (1999 film)
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| Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
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| Produced by | Masayuki Motomochi |
| Written by | Nagisa Ōshima Ryotaro Shiba |
| Starring | Ryūhei Matsuda Takeshi Kitano Tadanobu Asano |
| Music by | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Editing by | Tomoyo Oshima |
| Distributed by | Shochiku Films Ltd. New Yorker Films (USA) |
| Release date(s) |  December 18, 1999 May 17, 2000 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Taboo (御法度 Gohatto) is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It shows life in a samurai training school during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century, specifically concentrating on the issue of homosexuality in the shudō tradition in the partially-closed environment.
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[edit] Plot summary
At the start of the movie, the young and handsome Kanō Sōzaburō is admitted to the Shinsengumi (新撰組), an elite samurai police group led by Kondō Isami that seeks to defend the shogunate against reformist forces. He is a very skilled swordsman, but it is his appearance that makes many of the others in the (strictly male) group, both students and superiors, attracted to him, creating tension within the group of people vying for Kanō's affections.
[edit] Cast
- Takeshi Kitano - Vice-Commander Hijikata Toshizō
- Ryūhei Matsuda - Kanō Sōzaburō
- Shinji Takeda - Captain Okita Sōji
- Tadanobu Asano - Hyōzō Tashirō
- Yoichi Sai - Commander Kondō Isami
- Koji Matoba - Sugano Heibei
- Masa Tomizu - Inspector Yamazaki Susumu
- Masato Ibu - Military Advisor Itō Koshitarō
[edit] Awards
- It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, Dancer in the Dark won.
- It won four awards at the 2000 Blue Ribbon Awards:
- Best Director: Nagisa Ōshima
- Best Film: Nagisa Ōshima
- Best New Actor: Ryūhei Matsuda
- Best Supporting Actor: Shinji Takeda
- Ryūhei Matsuda won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Newcomer of the Year, the film was nominated in nine other categories.
- Tadanobu Asano won the Best Supporting Actor category at the 2000 Hochi Film Awards.
- Ryūhei Matsuda won the Best New Actor category of the 2001 Kinema Junpo Awards.
- Ryūhei Matsuda won the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival prize for Best New Talent.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Thompson, Nathaniel (2006) [2002]. DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 1 Redux. Godalming, England: FAB Press. pp. 331–332. ISBN 1-903254-39-6.
[edit] External links
- Gohatto at the Internet Movie Database
- Taboo at Allmovie
- "御法度 (Gohatto)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1999/dw003220.htm. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
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