Gonza the Spearman

Gonza the Spearman (1986)

Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1986-01-15
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 6min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: hyogensha
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Masahiro Shinoda
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Chōichirō Kawarasaki

    as Jinbei Iwaki

  • Shoichi Ozawa

    as Boatman

  • Shima Iwashita

    as Osai

  • Naoto Takenaka

    as Fumiemon

  • Mansaku Fuwa

    as

  • Daikei Shimizu

    as

  • Tomoko Jinbo

    as

  • Jun Hamamura

    as

  • Akio Kobune

    as

  • Yasuko Kubota

    as

  • Keiko Koyanagi

    as

  • Kinji Nakamura

    as

  • Masa Shibamoto

    as

  • Seijiro Fukunaka

    as

  • Tatsuo Higashida

    as

  • Keimasa Matsumoto

    as

  • Fumio Takeda

    as

  • Yasushi Hirai

    as

  • Sumiko Okutani

    as

  • Masae Okada

    as

  • Satoko Yamamura

    as

  • Yoshihiro Maruo

    as

  • Atsuo Yamashita

    as

  • Shinji Takaoka

    as

  • Masahiro Kintake

    as

  • Katsuyoshi Magozaki

    as

  • Mitsue Takaishi

    as

  • Noriko Tori

    as

  • Imahashi Kumi

    as
Writing Monzaemon Chikamatsu Theatre Play
Directing Masahiro Shinoda Director
Production Masatake Wakita Producer
Costume & Make-Up Masahiro Katō Costume Design
Art Kiyoshi Awazu Art Direction
Production Masayuki Motomochi Producer
Sound Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
Editing Sachiko Yamaji Editor
Camera Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography
Sound Shotaro Yoshida Sound Recordist
Writing Taeko Tomioka Screenplay
Lighting Takeji Sano Lighting Technician
Production Kiyoshi Nonomura Producer

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