Gonza the Spearman
“Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.”
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.
Production Companies
hyogensha, Shochiku
Languages
Japanese
Cast
Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano
Shōhei Hino
Bannojō Kawazura
Misako Tanaka
Oyuki
Hideji Ōtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki
Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko Katō
Oyuki's nanny
Kuniko Miyake
Iwaki's wife
Eiji Shima
Torajirō
Natsuki Asakawa
Hinokichi
Kaori Mizushima
Okiku
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Jinbei Iwaki
Shoichi Ozawa
Boatman
Shima Iwashita
Osai
Naoto Takenaka
Fumiemon
