
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.
Top Billed Cast

Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano

Shōhei Hino
Bannojō Kawazura

Misako Tanaka
Oyuki

Hideji Ōtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki

Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka
Featured Crew
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Theatre Play

Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Masatake Wakita
Producer
Masahiro Katō
Costume Design

Kiyoshi Awazu
Art Direction
Masayuki Motomochi
Producer

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Sachiko Yamaji
Editor

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Shotaro Yoshida
Sound Recordist

Taeko Tomioka
Screenplay
Takeji Sano
Lighting Technician