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.
Cast
Hiromi Go
as Gonza Sasano
Shōhei Hino
as Bannojō Kawazura
Misako Tanaka
as Oyuki
Hideji Ōtaki
as Chūtabei Iwaki
Takashi Tsumura
as Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko Katō
as Oyuki's nanny
Kuniko Miyake
as Iwaki's wife
Eiji Shima
as Torajirō
Natsuki Asakawa
as Hinokichi
Kaori Mizushima
as Okiku
