Gonza the Spearman
鑓の権三
Release: 1986-01-15
·Runtime: 126m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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 Countries
Japan
Production Companies
hyogensha
Shochiku
Cast
Jun Hamamura
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Jinbei Iwaki
Misako Tanaka
as Oyuki
Naoto Takenaka
as Fumiemon
Takashi Tsumura
as Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko Katō
as Oyuki's nanny
Keiko Koyanagi
Shōhei Hino
as Bannojō Kawazura
Kaori Mizushima
as Okiku
Kinji Nakamura
Hideji Ōtaki
as Chūtabei Iwaki
Shoichi Ozawa
as Boatman
Shima Iwashita
as Osai
Mansaku Fuwa
Hiromi Go
as Gonza Sasano
Kuniko Miyake
as Iwaki's wife
