Gonza the Spearman

Overview

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.

Cast

Hiromi Go

Gonza Sasano

Shōhei Hino

Bannojō Kawazura

Misako Tanaka

Oyuki

Hideji Ōtaki

Chūtabei Iwaki

Takashi Tsumura

Ichinoshin Asaka

Haruko Katō

Oyuki's nanny

Kuniko Miyake

Iwaki's wife

N/A

Eiji Shima

Torajirō

N/A

Natsuki Asakawa

Hinokichi

Kaori Mizushima

Okiku

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Jinbei Iwaki

Shoichi Ozawa

Boatman