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Gonza the Spearman (1986)

★ 7.0/10 126 min Drama Japan Japanese
Theatre Play: Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Screenplay by: Taeko Tomioka
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Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.

Description

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.

Top Cast

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

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