Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Ryûhei Matsuda, and Shinji Takeda in Taboo (1999)

Taboo

Original title: Gohatto
Movie1999• Unrated• 1h 40m
DramaHistoryThriller
⭐ 6.8 / 10(8,474)

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.

Rated
Unrated
Runtime
1h 40m
Released
1999
Country
Japan, France, United Kingdom

Details

Release year: 1999

Storyline

The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.

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Did you know

• This was Nagisa Ôshima's only film after his 1996 stroke.

• Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $114,425

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $9,947 (2000-10-08)

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

Go see Gohatto

👍 30 · 10/25/2006
⭐ 8/10

Visually stunning, oddly gripping film

👍 20 · 3/6/2005
⭐ 7/10

Love Among Samurais

👍 13 · 8/14/2005

Technical specs

Sound mix
DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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