Gohatto

Gohatto
Gohatto (御法度)
Directed byNagisa Ōshima
Written byNagisa Ōshima
Based onShinsengumi Keppūroku
by Ryōtarō Shiba
Produced byMasayuki Motomochi
StarringRyuhei Matsuda
Takeshi Kitano
Tadanobu Asano
CinematographyToyomichi Kurita
Edited byTomoyo Ōshima
Music byRyuichi Sakamoto
Distributed byShochiku
New Yorker Films (USA)
Release date
  • December 18, 1999 (1999-12-18)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Gohatto (御法度), also known as Taboo, is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Its subject is homosexuality in the Shinsengumi during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century. The production was Õshima's final film before his death, thirteen years after Gohatto's premiere.[1]

  1. ^ Bergan, Ronald (2013-01-15). "Nagisa Oshima obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-23.