Taboo - Region 1 DVD

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Directed by :

Nagisa Oshima

Starring :

Takeshi Kitano

Ryuhei Matsuda

Shinji Takeda

Tadanobu Asano

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Description: This fascinating, gorgeous film examines homosexual passions among the samurai of an 1865 militia. Taboo centers around a young samurai named Kano, whose smooth face and soft beauty makes him an object of desire. Rumors about who might be his lover lead to a love triangle, dazzling swordfights, and a mysterious murder. The story is intriguing enough, but what makes Taboo even more striking is that the heterosexual samurai treat their comrade's queer leanings as possibly dangerous, but only because of the potential for jealousy and inflamed passions--there's no sense that they see it as unnatural or even unmanly, in striking cont ... (more)

Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Release date: 20 August 2002
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9781567302660 UPC: 717119791247

Tags: Drama (2), Japan (1), Samurai (1), Foreign (1), Takeda Shinji (1), Kitano Takeshi (1), Matsuda Ryuhei (1), Asano Tadanobu (1)

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