Taboo

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.

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  Takeshi Kitano

  Toshizo Hijikata
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  Ryuhei Matsuda

  Sozaburo Kano
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  Tadanobu Asano

  Hyozo Tashiro
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  Yoichi Sai

  Isami Kondo
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  Shinji Takeda

  Okita Sōji
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  Susumu Terajima

  Spy
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  Tomorowo Taguchi

  Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
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  Yoji Tanaka

  Samurai executed by Kanô
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  Kei Satō

  Narrator (voice)
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  Jiro Sakagami