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Gohatto (DVD, 2003)

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Product Information

Set in Kyoto in 1865, this is a tale of homosexuality between the much-revered Samurai. Japanese dialogue.

Product Identifiers

EAN5060021175526

eBay Product ID (ePID)3953897

Product Key Features

ActorShinji Takeda, Yoichi Sai, 'beat' Takeshi Kitano, Koji Matoba, Masa Tommys, Ryuhei Matsuda, Uno Kanda, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Ibu

Film/TV TitleGohatto

DirectorNagisa Oshima

LanguageJapanese

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time97 Mins

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

FeaturesWith Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

ComposerRyuichi Sakamoto

ReviewsLos Angeles Times - ...TABOO is one of Oshima's finest films....Oshima has created a film of resilient, downright tensile strength that ends on a satisfyingly ironic note..., Sight and Sound - ...[Oshima] hates nobody and, wonderfully served by cast and camera, loves the reticence of a story immaculately told..., Premiere - ...A beautiful, droll meditation..., Total Film - ...The lyrical mood is reinforced by a strong score..., Box Office - ...An intriguing study....Extremely striking. There is also a haunting electronic score from Ryuichi Sakamoto...

Additional InformationWidely regarded as the greatest living Japanese director as well as one of the film world's foremost hierophants of transgression, Nagisa Oshima returns from a long hiatus with a film worthy of his reputation. Set in 1865 during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it focuses on an exotic young male beauty, Kano (Ryuhei Matsuda), who has recently been recruited by the strict Shinsengumi samurai militia. He quickly becomes the lover of another recruit, Hyozo Tashiro (Tadanobu Asano), and, although homosexuality is officially verboten, Commander Kondo (Yoichi Sai) 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 Kano. Captain Hijikata (Takeshi Kitano), the most humane and aware of the samurai, struggles to maintain discipline while fighting against his own attraction to the youth. GOHATTO is a fascinatingly ambiguous exploration of the uncontrollable force of sexuality in a highly repressive military environment. The ravishingly otherworldly art direction by Yoshinobu Nishioka and insistently minimal score by Ryuichi Sakamoto are particularly notable.

Costume DesignerEmi Wadal

Movie/TV TitleGohatto

Director of PhotographyToyomichi Kurita