Gohatto

• Ryuhei Matsuda: Kanō Sōzaburō
• Takeshi Kitano (as "Beat Takeshi " ): Hijikata toshizo
• Tadanobu Asano: Hyozo Tashiro
• Yoichi Sai: Kondō Isami
• Shinji Takeda: Okita Soji

Tabu (Japanese御 法度, Gohatto ) is the last film by the Japanese director Nagisa Oshima and originated in 1999, after a hiatus of thirteen. Ōshima who likes provoked by violation of traditional and national myths and taboos, tells of gay passions and jealousies within the Shinsengumi, a samurai militia, in feudal Japan of the year 1865. Numerous sword martial arts scenes by pulling the strip. The work is based on short stories from Ryotaro Shiba Shinsengumi Keppūroku.

In the review of the mirror it was said that the film was similar assessment " with formal rigor, beautifully composed pictures " tells, but leave the impression that " both the political and historical aspects as well as the actual love relationships between the characters are a little too short. " Margret Köhler in the Berliner Morgenpost, Ōshima have if the picture compositions neglected the figures: " Gohatto is cold cinema. "