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Taboo aka Gohatto (1999) is a Japanese film directed by Nagisa Oshima. It shows life in a samurai training school at the end of the samurai era late in the 19th century, specifically concentrating on the issue of homosexuality in the partially closed environment.

Plot summary

At the start of the movie, young Sozaburo Kano is admitted to the samurai police group, Shinsengumi(新撰組). He's a very skilled swordsman, but it is his appearance that makes many of the others in the (strictly male) group, both students and staff, attracted to him, creating tension in the within the people vying for Kano's attention.

Cast

Takeshi Kitano
- Captain Hijikata Toshizo
Ryuhei Matsuda
- Samurai Kano Sozaburo
Shinji Takeda - Lieutenant Okita Sōji
Tadanobu Asano
- Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
Yoichi Sai
- Commander Kondo Isami
Koji Matoba - Samurai Sugano Heibei
Masa Tomizu - Inspector Yamazaki Jo
Masato Ibu - Officer Ito Koshitaro

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