Gohatto (Taboo)

Gohatto (Taboo)

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Gohatto (Taboo)

Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda

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, al...( read more  read more... )l 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.

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  • September 21, 2009
    Gay samurai's and Beat Takeshi, what more could you ask for?
  • August 6, 2008
    The title of the film may be misleading since it's more about samurai allowing petty sexual desire to interfere with discipline and order. Quietly, the film recreates the period with such detail. It looks fantastic, and the characters come to life with real drama and humor and i...( read more)s the best darned gay samurai murder-mystery I have ever seen (actually, the only one). The story concerns the problems created when a beautiful, androgynous samurai played by Ryuhei Matsuda joins up. He and his fellow inductee, Tadanobu Asano (Ichi The Killer, Mongol), are the best fighters out of a crop of students, and they are chosen for full membership.

    Besides the beautiful scenery and interesting premise, Gohatto is a good example of how the Japanese like it slow.
    The film won't change your life, but it might give you something to mull over, and is an aesthetically Japanese experience as you're likely to find anywhere. You really can't go wrong with Beat Takeshi and Tadanobu Asano again.
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  • January 5, 2008
    rated it somewhere else before being on flixster. such an average film
  • January 31, 2008
    Oshima is back with, to my knowledge, the only gay samurai film. Beautiful, methodically paced and filled with interesting moments, it's easy to see you're in the hands of a master filmmaker. A great film.
  • October 31, 2009
    Un samurai muy deseable.
  • October 4, 2009
    i want to watch the full movie
  • September 11, 2009
    Powerful imagery and unusual character dynamics help make this film very original, if somewhat awkward. Sakamoto's score is simplicity at its finest. First-rate filmmakers trying something new.
  • January 2, 2009
    samuráis el caminos de los hombres, una triste historia que enfrenta el ser con el querer.
    unas imágenes muy tesas
  • November 14, 2008
    left me thoroughly confused, but i loved every minute of it :D
  • July 25, 2008
    there's a gay in the shinsengumi?? never heard of that b4..

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