Japanese director Nagisa Oshima knows a thing or two about taboos. He caught the world's attention with 1960's sensational CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, outraged audiences with the blood-soaked art-porn of IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976), and dared to explore the
homoerotics of POW-camp sadism in 1983's MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE. Now, three years after suffering a devastating stroke, Oshima is back behind the camera, and his illness hasn't slowed him down a bit. Passion is once again his theme, only this time the shenanigans are anything but repressed.
Kyoto, 1865: As Japan is rocked by a series of clan uprisings, the Shinsen militia is raiding the local dojos for a ...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins