Synopsis
During the peaceful Tokugawa period, handsome samurai Gonza becomes entangled in a tragic love triangle and a web of deceit while trying to advance his social standing through the tea ceremony.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Taeko TomiokaScreenplay
Cast
- 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
Movies like Gonza the Spearman
Themes
samuraibased on play or musicaljidaigekiedo periodrestless in peacetime