Gonza the Spearman (1986)
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.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writer:
Taeko Tomioka
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Hiromi Go as Gonza Sasano |
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Shōhei Hino as Bannojō Kawazura |
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Misako Tanaka as Oyuki |
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Hideji Ōtaki as Chūtabei Iwaki |
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Takashi Tsumura as Ichinoshin Asaka |
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Haruko Katō as Oyuki's nanny |
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Kuniko Miyake as Iwaki's wife |
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Eiji Shima as Torajirō |
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Natsuki Asakawa as Hinokichi |
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Kaori Mizushima as Okiku |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Jinbei Iwaki |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Boatman |
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Shima Iwashita as Osai |
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Naoto Takenaka as Fumiemon |
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Mansaku Fuwa as |
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Daikei Shimizu as |
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Tomoko Jinbo as |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Akio Kobune as |
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Yasuko Kubota as |
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Keiko Koyanagi as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Masa Shibamoto as |
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Seijiro Fukunaka as |
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Tatsuo Higashida as |
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Keimasa Matsumoto as |
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Fumio Takeda as |
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Yasushi Hirai as |
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Sumiko Okutani as |
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Masae Okada as |
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Satoko Yamamura as |
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Yoshihiro Maruo as |
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Atsuo Yamashita as |
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Shinji Takaoka as |
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Masahiro Kintake as |
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Katsuyoshi Magozaki as |
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Mitsue Takaishi as |
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Noriko Tori as |
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Imahashi Kumi as |
| Writing | Monzaemon Chikamatsu | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Production | Masatake Wakita | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masahiro Katō | Costume Design |
| Art | Kiyoshi Awazu | Art Direction |
| Production | Masayuki Motomochi | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Sachiko Yamaji | Editor |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shotaro Yoshida | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Taeko Tomioka | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Takeji Sano | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Kiyoshi Nonomura | Producer |