Taboo (1999)

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NR | 1 hr 41 mins | Drama, Period, Adaptation | Released: 12/18/1999 |Box Office Total: $0.1M

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Synopsis:

In Kyoto in 1865, a promising young swordsman attracts the sexual attention of many of the higher-ranking men of the Shinsengumi samurai group. Love, jealousy and the code of the warrior unite the group -- and also tear it apart.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/18/1999

Director	Credit
Nagisa Oshima	Director
Cast	Credit
Takeshi Kitano	Captain Toshizo Hijikata
Kei Sato	Narrator
Ryuhei Matsuda	Sozaburo Kano--Young Samurai
Shinji Takeda	Lieutenant Soji Okita
Tadanobu Asano	Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
Koji Matoba	Samurai Heibei Sugano
Tommys' Masa	Inspector Jo Yamazaki
Uno Kanda	Geisha Nishiki-Dayu
Zakoba Katsura	Wachigaiya
Kazuko Yoshiyuki	Omatsu--The Servant
Tomoroh Taguchi	Samurai Toujiro Yuzawa
Yoichi Sai	Commodore Isami Kondo
Jiro Sakagami	Lieutenant Genzaburo Inoue
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kenichi Urata
Yazaburo Ito
Shun Sugata
Susumu Terajima
Yoshiaki Umegaki
Yoshiyuki Omori
Seji Kurasaki
Yuji Yamazaki
Usaburo Oshima
Daisuke Iijima
Takuya Muramatsu
Yoji Tanaka
Masanosuke Yamaguchi
Yoichi Iijima
Tojiro Kinoshita
Kazuhiko Okuno
Iwao
Yukiharu Yamaguchi
Mitsugi Takei
Takashi Odajima
Hirofumi Nakase
Toru Otomo
Kumotaro Mukai
Shogo Tajika
Akira Kohara
Kazumi Sawanoi
Sayami Toda
Mami Nakamura
Emiko Michii
Makoto Togashi
Chikako Aoyama
Masato Eve	Officer Koshitaro Ito
Production Credits	Credit
Eiko Oshima	Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani	Executive Producer
Shigehiro Nakagawa	Producer
Kazuo Shimizu	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Oshima Productions	Production Company
Shochiku Company, Ltd.	Production Company
Recorded Picture Company	Production Company
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co	Production Company
Imagica	Production Company
BS Asahi	Production Company
Bac Films	Production Company
Studio Canal Plus	Production Company
Eisei Gekijo Co Ltd	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Momentum Pictures Limited	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Shochiku Company, Ltd.	Theatrical Distributor
New Yorker Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
New Yorker Home Video	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
CP Classics	Theatrical Distributor
Bac Films Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TVA International Distribution	Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Ryotaro Shiba	Source Material (from novel) - from novellas
Nagisa Oshima	Screenplay
Ryotaro Shiba	Source Material (from novel)
Art Department	Credit
Tomoo Haraguchi	Art Department - sculptor
Yosakichi Shimizu	Set Decorator
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Production Designer
Shoichi Yasuda	Art Director
Atsushi Shimamura	Set Decorator
Shigeaki Ito	Art Department - sculptor
Keita Gohara	Set Decorator
Nami Hoshizaki	Set Decorator
Toshio Fukuda	Set Decorator - on-set decorator
Film Camera	Credit
Akira Sako	Steadicam Operator
Hiroo Yanagida	Camera Operator
Toyomichi Kurita	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Studio Canal Plus	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Music Conductor - music conductor & orchestrations
Asuka Kaneko	Music - musician
Tamami Tono	Music - musician
Atsushi Ichinohe	Music - musician
Keiko Narita	Music - musician
Izumi Iijima	Music - musician
Masayuki Okamoto	Music - musician
Norika Sora	Music - music production
Fernanado Aponte	Music - music recorder & mixer
Physical Effects	Credit
Hirofumi Nakse	Stunts - swordplay choreographer
Kazuhiro Hashimoto	Stunts - swordplay choreographer
Production Management	Credit
Takehiko Nakajima	Assistant Director
Masako Hosono	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Shinji Harada	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Vanessa Jerrom	Publicity - international publicist
Sound	Credit
Kunio Ando	Sound Recordist - sound recordist & mixer
Kenji Shibazaki	Sound Effects
Akira Rizawa	Rerecording - optical re-recording mixer
Keiko Kawamoto	Sound Effects
Visual Effects	Credit
Yokozo Akamatsu	Titles - titles designer
Mitsuharu Haibara	Graphics - computer graphics
Yoshinori Kono	Main Title Design - main title caligraphy
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Emi Wada	Costume Designer
Tsuneo Soga	Hairdresser - hair designer
Kazuo Matsuda	Wardrobe
Kunio Yamasaki	Makeup Artist
Ihoko Uchiyama	Makeup
Yuiko Nishikawa	Hairdresser
Fumio Kida	Wardrobe
Kiyomi Hirose	Hairdresser

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