The young and handsome Kano Sozaburo is admitted to the Shinsengumi, an elite samurai group that seeks to defend the Tokugawa shogunate against reformist forces. Kano is a skilled swordsman, but his physical beauty leads the members of the strictly male group to compete for his affections, generating tensions that threaten to become lethal. In Gohatto, Nagisa Oshima explores the ambiguous forms of masculinity that the samurai code concealed, with a terrific cast including Ryuhei Matsuda, Takeshi Kitano and Tadanobu Asano subtly capturing the dangers of repressed homoerotic desire.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima. AKA 御法度 / Taboo.
Writers: Ryôtarô Shiba (novel), Nagisa Ôshima (screenplay).
Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Yôichi Sai, Jirô Sakagami, Kôji Matoba, Masa Tommies, Masatô Ibu, Zakoba Katsura, Tomorô Taguchi.
2000 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or.
The final shot epitomizes Nagisa Oshima’s entire career-chopping down a cherry blossom tree, demolishing and deconstructing Japan’s myths of itself. My god, what an amazing artist.
I am re-entering Oshima territory after nearly 50 years when his IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES took me off guard and fairly seared me. Thank you for posting this.
Would you be able to add at casting option, I’ve just found this site and I’m in love with all the Japanese cinema you have but I would love to cast it to my TV from my phone.
Hi Thomas,
Unfortunately okru (streaming site) doesn’t have a casting option available on their player and this is not something I can add, it’s up to them to add this feature, maybe they will enable in the future who knows.
What you can try is casting the whole tab from your phone, tutorials here:
Android: https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3228332?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
iOS: https://support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3228332?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&oco=0
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Jon.