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Gonza the Spearman (1986)

Gonza the Spearman (1986)

Drama

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

Release Date: 1986, January 15
Directors: Masahiro Shinoda
Countries: Japan
Production: hyogensha, Shochiku, Shochiku
Cast: Haruko Katō, Shima Iwashita, Shōhei Hino, Naoto Takenaka, Kuniko Miyake, Hideji Ōtaki, Misako Tanaka, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Shoichi Ozawa, Hiromi Go, Takashi Tsumura, Kaori Mizushima

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.

Keywords:

based on play or musical jidaigeki edo period restless in peacetime