Gonza the Spearman

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.

Main Cast

Hiromi Gô

Gonza Sasano

Age : 68 | Popularity : 7%

Shima Iwashita

Osai

Age : 83 | Popularity : 6%

Hideji Ôtaki

Iwaki

Age : 87 | Popularity : 6%

Kuniko Miyake

Iwaki's wife

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Kaori Mizushima

Okiku

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Misako Tanaka

Oyuki

Age : 64 | Popularity : 8%

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Jinbei

Age : 64 | Popularity : 5%

Naoto Takenaka

Fumiemon

Age : 68 | Popularity : 17%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Sound	Original Music Composer	Toru Takemitsu
Directing	Director	Masahiro Shinoda
Writing	Writer	Monzaemon Chikamatsu Taeko Tomioka
Art	Art Direction	Kiyoshi Awazu
Editing	Editor	Sachiko Yamaji
Production	Producer	Masayuki Motomochi
Department	Role	Name

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