Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Gonza the Spearman (1986) - Drama Movies 126 minutes. Gonza the Spearman, Yari no gonza. 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. based on play or musical, jidaigeki, edo period, restless in peacetime
Released: Jan 15, 1986
Runtime: 126 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hiromi Go, Shōhei Hino, Misako Tanaka, Hideji Ōtaki, Takashi Tsumura, Haruko Katō
Crew: Monzaemon Chikamatsu (Theatre Play), Masahiro Shinoda (Director), Masatake Wakita (Producer), Masahiro Katō (Costume Design), Kiyoshi Awazu (Art Direction), Masayuki Motomochi (Producer)