Taboo
1999 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 8,252 VOTES · DIR. Nagisa Ōshima
Overview
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 around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Dialogue Timeline — 942 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:10 After moving to the Nishi Honganji Temple
00:04:03 Kano and Tashiro.
00:07:29 NEVER BE lNVOLVED lN ClVlL SUlTS
00:13:25 FlVE DAYS LATER
00:17:57 About Tashiro and Kano...
00:23:56 "No doubt about it.
00:28:49 Pure Land Buddhist.
00:31:23 but we'll get to it soon.
00:35:09 They must've been mocking Kano, for his inexperience.
00:38:52 a woman cried at the window of his cell.
00:44:09 This way.
00:47:07 Send him reinforcements, immediately.
00:50:43 There you are.
00:55:56 A samurai does not behave...
00:59:10 Sozaburo...
01:03:10 where he comes from. But from the way he looked...
01:06:30 It would do you good.
01:09:41 And that is Hijikata's wish as well.
01:12:16 Did you strap break?
01:17:44 You're making a mistake! I'm with the militia!
01:21:33 You and Okita. That should be enough.
01:25:00 I've just read a good book.
01:28:26 What is it?
01:34:50 He was possessed by evil.
Cast & Characters
Takeshi Kitano
Captain Toshizo Hijikata
Ryûhei Matsuda
Samurai Sozaburo Kano
Shinji Takeda
Lieutenant Soji Okita
Tadanobu Asano
Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
Yôichi Sai
Commander Isami Kondo
Jirô Sakagami
Lieutenant Genzaburo Inoue
Kôji Matoba
Samurai Heibei Sugano
Masa Tommies
Inspector Jo Yamazaki
Masatô Ibu
Officer Koshitaro Ito
Zakoba Katsura
Wachigaiya
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed942
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line01:34:50
Production Record
DirectorNagisa Ōshima
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes8,252