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Gonza the Spearman
Gonza the Spearman

Gonza the Spearman

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

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

126 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

15 January 1986

Country

Japan

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

Eiji Shima

Torajirō

Natsuki Asakawa

Natsuki Asakawa

Hinokichi

Kaori Mizushima

Kaori Mizushima

Okiku

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Jinbei Iwaki

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Boatman

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Osai

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Fumiemon

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Daikei Shimizu

Daikei Shimizu

Tomoko Jinbo

Tomoko Jinbo

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Akio Kobune

Akio Kobune

Yasuko Kubota

Yasuko Kubota

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Masa Shibamoto

Masa Shibamoto

Seijiro Fukunaka

Seijiro Fukunaka

Tatsuo Higashida

Tatsuo Higashida

Keimasa Matsumoto

Keimasa Matsumoto

Fumio Takeda

Fumio Takeda

Yasushi Hirai

Yasushi Hirai

Sumiko Okutani

Sumiko Okutani

Masae Okada

Masae Okada

Satoko Yamamura

Satoko Yamamura

Yoshihiro Maruo

Yoshihiro Maruo

Atsuo Yamashita

Atsuo Yamashita

Shinji Takaoka

Shinji Takaoka

Masahiro Kintake

Masahiro Kintake

Katsuyoshi Magozaki

Katsuyoshi Magozaki

Mitsue Takaishi

Mitsue Takaishi

Noriko Tori

Noriko Tori

Imahashi Kumi

Imahashi Kumi

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