Movies like Taboo 1999
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Taboo (1999)
8K
Original name: 御法度
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Japan, France, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, tense, realistic, disturbing, serious, captivating, avant garde, independent film, jidai geki ...
Plot:
gay, boys love, gay interest, gays and lesbians, medieval, sword fight, murder mystery, samurai, gay asian, emperor, homosexuality, lgbt, samurai sword, male homosexuality, wartime, japanese history, life philosophy, love, homosexual sex, martial arts, fight, imperialism, lgbtq, edo period, lgbtqi ...
Time:
19th century, year 1999, 1800s
Place:
japan, asia, kyoto japan, spain, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, india
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Zatôichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatôichi discovers a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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34%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled Japan for 300 years. They suspect a traitor in their midst, ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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33%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, serious, grim ...
Plot:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay sex, gay, missing person, mistaken identity, lgbt, gender, chases and races, chase, drug, party, male pubic hair ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: China, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 207 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, touching, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
brazil, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, gay cinema, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, gay couple, gay relationship, gay son, gay brother, gay romance, gay rights, gay interest, gay slur, gay love, gay sex, boys love ...
Place:
thailand
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Country: Japan, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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captivating, realistic, touching, serious, queer cinema
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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