Gonza the Spearman
Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.
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 BannojÅ 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, BannojÅ sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
Cast
Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano
ShÅhei Hino
BannojÅ Kawazura
Misako Tanaka
Oyuki
Hideji Åtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki
Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko KatÅ
Oyuki's nanny
Kuniko Miyake
Iwaki's wife
Eiji Shima
TorajirÅ
Natsuki Asakawa
Hinokichi
Kaori Mizushima
Okiku
ChÅichirÅ Kawarasaki
Jinbei Iwaki
Shoichi Ozawa
Boatman
