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Gonza the Spearman

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Calorie Rating: 177
Released: 1986-01-15
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Studios: hyogensha, Shochiku,


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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Cast

Hiromi Go
Character: Gonza Sasano
Shōhei Hino
Character: Bannojō Kawazura
Misako Tanaka
Character: Oyuki

Hideji Ōtaki
Character: Chūtabei Iwaki
Takashi Tsumura
Character: Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko Katō
Character: Oyuki's nanny

Kuniko Miyake
Character: Iwaki's wife
Eiji Shima
Character: Torajirō
Natsuki Asakawa
Character: Hinokichi

Kaori Mizushima
Character: Okiku
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Character: Jinbei Iwaki
Shoichi Ozawa
Character: Boatman

Shima Iwashita
Character: Osai
Naoto Takenaka
Character: Fumiemon










Production and Crew

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Kiyoshi Awazu
Art Direction

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography

Masahiro Katō
Costume Design

Taeko Tomioka
Screenplay
Takeji Sano
Lighting Technician
Shotaro Yoshida
Sound Recordist