---
title: 'Taboo (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nagisa Ōshima'
released: '1999-12-18'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/taboo-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213682/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Taboo (1999)

1999 · 100 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 御法度

## Synopsis

Gohatto , also known as Taboo, is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Its subject is homosexuality in the Shinsengumi during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century.
The production was Õshima's final film before his death, thirteen years after Gohatto's premiere.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nagisa Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagisa-oshima)
- **Screenplay:** [Nagisa Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagisa-oshima)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ryuichi Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuichi-sakamoto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Toyomichi Kurita](https://cinepixo.com/people/toyomichi-kurita)
- **Editor:** [Tomoyo Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyo-oshima)

## Cast

- [Ryūhei Matsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuhei-matsuda)
- [Masatō Ibu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masato-ibu)
- [Takeshi Kitano](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kitano)
- [Jirō Sakagami](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiro-sakagami)
- [Kei Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-sato)
- [Tomorowo Taguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomorowo-taguchi)
- [Yoshiaki Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiaki-fujiwara)
- [Shinji Takeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinji-takeda)
- [Tadanobu Asano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadanobu-asano)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/taboo-1999
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