Movie·1999·1h 40m
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How am I insane?
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 御法度
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.
Producer
Nobuyoshi Otani, Jeremy Thomas
Cinematography
Toyomichi Kurita
Music
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Editor
Tomoyo Oshima
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Toshizo Hijikata
Ryuhei Matsuda
Sozaburo Kano
Tadanobu Asano
Hyozo Tashiro
Yōichi Sai
Isami Kondo
Shinji Takeda
Okita Sōji
Susumu Terajima
Spy
Tomorowo Taguchi
Samurai Tojiro Yuzawa
Yoji Tanaka
Samurai executed by Kanô
Kei Satō
Narrator (voice)
Jiro Sakagami
Eve Masatoh
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Kenichi Urata
Shun Sugata
Yuji Yamazaki
Usaburo Oshima
Takashi Odajima
Uno Kanda
// crew
Crew
Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Screenplay
Toyomichi Kurita
Director of Photography
Nobuyoshi Otani
Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Eiko Oshima
Producer
Kazuo Shimizu
Producer
Tomoyo Oshima
Editor
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Producer
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Original Music Composer
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