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Gonza the Spearman

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

3.5

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Duration126 min.
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Release DateJan 15, 1986

Overview

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.

Genres

  • Drama

Casts

Hiromi Go

Hiromi Go

Gonza Sasano

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Bannojō Kawazura

Misako Tanaka

Misako Tanaka

Oyuki

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Chūtabei Iwaki

Takashi Tsumura

Takashi Tsumura

Ichinoshin Asaka

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Oyuki's nanny

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Iwaki's wife

Eiji Shima

Torajirō

Natsuki Asakawa

Hinokichi

Kaori Mizushima

Kaori Mizushima

Okiku

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Jinbei Iwaki

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Boatman

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Osai

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Fumiemon

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Daikei Shimizu

Tomoko Jinbo

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Akio Kobune

Yasuko Kubota

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Masa Shibamoto

Seijiro Fukunaka

Tatsuo Higashida

Keimasa Matsumoto

Fumio Takeda

Yasushi Hirai

Sumiko Okutani

Masae Okada

Satoko Yamamura

Yoshihiro Maruo

Atsuo Yamashita

Shinji Takaoka

Masahiro Kintake

Katsuyoshi Magozaki

Mitsue Takaishi

Noriko Tori

Imahashi Kumi