Recorded/Estimated Wordwide Gross

$0.05 / $0.05

US Actual: $0.05 / 98.7%

Intl Est.: $0.00 / 1.3%

Worldwide Release History

10 Days / 3 Theaters*

Average Gross/Week: 23,617

First Released: 11/17/00 Last Seen: 11/27/00

* as many as, tracking

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Synopsis: TABOO is a fascinatingly ambiguous exploration of the uncontrollable force of sexuality in a highly repressive military environment. Set in 1865, during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it focuses on an exotic young male beauty, who has recently been recruited by the strict Shinsengumi samurai militia. He quickly becomes the lover of another recruit, and, although homosexuality is officially verboten, the Commander seems to have adopted a don't-ask-don't-tell policy. He has little choice, since the teenage wraith soon becomes the prime object of desire for half the militia. Jealousy threatens to erode the company's morale, as the samurai engage in kendo swordplay for a shard of attention from the impassive youth. The Captain, the most humane and also aware of the samurai, struggles to maintain discipline while fighting against his own attraction for the youth

Comment: Also known as 'Gohatto' and 'Tabou' In Japanese. English Subtitles.