Nagisa Oshima’s Taboo is a visually elegant samurai drama in which desire quietly destabilises a rigid male world. The pacing is deliberately cool, but the beautiful cinematography, restrained performances and atmosphere of suppressed attraction give the film a hypnotic tension.
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Nagisa Oshima’s Taboo is a visually elegant samurai drama in which desire quietly destabilises a rigid male world. The pacing is deliberately cool, but the beautiful cinematography, restrained performances and atmosphere of suppressed attraction give the film a hypnotic tension.
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