Taboo(1999)

movie - first aired/released 1999-12-18 - 100 min - audience 6.6

Drama, History, Thriller

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

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 on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.