Gonza the Spearman

(1986)

Original Title: 鑓の権三

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Synopsis

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences 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.

Rating

IMDB 7.0

Genres

Drama

Runtime

2h 6min

Production country

Japan

Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Cast

Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano
Shōhei Hino
Bannojō Kawazura
Misako Tanaka
Oyuki
Hideji Ōtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki
Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko Katō
Oyuki's nanny
Kuniko Miyake
Iwaki's wife
Natsuki Asakawa
Hinokichi
Kaori Mizushima
Okiku
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Jinbei Iwaki
Shoichi Ozawa
Boatman
Shima Iwashita
Osai
Naoto Takenaka
Fumiemon
Mansaku Fuwa
Daikei Shimizu
Jun Hamamura
Akio Kobune
Keiko Koyanagi
Kinji Nakamura
Seijiro Fukunaka
Tatsuo Higashida
Masae Okada
Satoko Yamamura
Yoshihiro Maruo
Atsuo Yamashita