Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Synopsis
The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokugawa Period, a time in which appearances are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojō for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannojō sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
Release Date: 1986-01-15
Runtime: 126 minutes
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Top Cast
- Hiromi Go as Gonza Sasano
- Shōhei Hino as Bannojō Kawazura
- Misako Tanaka as Oyuki
- Hideji Ōtaki as Chūtabei Iwaki
- Takashi Tsumura as Ichinoshin Asaka
- Haruko Katō as Oyuki's nanny
- Kuniko Miyake as Iwaki's wife
- Eiji Shima as Torajirō
- Natsuki Asakawa as Hinokichi
- Kaori Mizushima as Okiku
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