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2000 Certificate 15
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Widely 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 .. Read more

Starring Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Yoichi Sai
Director Nagisa Oshima
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema

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Widely 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.

Starring Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Yoichi Sai, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masa Tommys, Masato Ibu, Uno Kanda, Koji Matoba, Yo
Director Nagisa Oshima
Studio MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema
Language DVD: Japanese
Subtitles DVD: English
Released Production year: 2000

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DVD: 24 Feb 2003

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