Gohatto
| Gohatto | |
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| Gohatto (御法度) | |
| Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
| Written by | Nagisa Ōshima |
| Based on | Shinsengumi Keppūroku by Ryōtarō Shiba |
| Produced by | Masayuki Motomochi |
| Starring | Ryuhei Matsuda Takeshi Kitano Tadanobu Asano |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Edited by | Tomoyo Ōshima |
| Music by | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Distributed by | Shochiku New Yorker Films (USA) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.