Gonza the Spearman

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.

• Masahiro ShinodaDirector
• Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
• Taeko TomiokaScreenplay

• Hiromi GoGonza Sasano
• Shōhei HinoBannojō Kawazura
• Misako TanakaOyuki
• Hideji ŌtakiChūtabei Iwaki
• Takashi TsumuraIchinoshin Asaka
• Haruko KatōOyuki's nanny
• Kuniko MiyakeIwaki's wife
• Eiji ShimaTorajirō
• Natsuki AsakawaHinokichi
• Kaori MizushimaOkiku
• Chōichirō KawarasakiJinbei Iwaki
• Shoichi OzawaBoatman