Taboo (1999) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Nagisa Ōshima.

Cast

• Takeshi Kitano as Toshizo Hijikata
• Ryuhei Matsuda as Sozaburo Kano
• Tadanobu Asano as Hyozo Tashiro
• Yōichi Sai as Isami Kondo
• Shinji Takeda as Okita Sōji
• Susumu Terajima as Spy
• Tomorowo Taguchi as Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
• Yoji Tanaka as Samurai executed by Kanô
• Kei Satō as Narrator (voice)
• Jiro Sakagami
• Eve Masatoh
• Yoshiaki Fujiwara
• Kenichi Urata
• Shun Sugata
• Yuji Yamazaki
• Usaburo Oshima
• Takashi Odajima
• Uno Kanda
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki
• Mami Nakamura
• Makoto Togashi
• Chikako Aoyama
• Koji Matoba
• Tommy's Masa as Susumu Yamazaki
• Masatô Ibu
• Katsura Zakoba
• Daisuke Iijima
• Yōichi Iijima
• Yozaburo Ito

Crew

• Nagisa Ōshima — Director
• Ryōtarō Shiba — Novel
• Toyomichi Kurita — Director of Photography
• Shigehiro Nakagawa — Producer
• Eiko Oshima — Producer
• Kazuo Shimizu — Producer
• Nagisa Ōshima — Screenplay
• Ryuichi Sakamoto — Original Music Composer

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