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Gonza the Spearman
Gonza the Spearman

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Gonza the Spearman

NR·1986·126m

Summary

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.

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Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Screenplay

Taeko Tomioka

Theatre Play

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

Japanese

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Keywords

based on play or musical
jidaigeki
edo period
restless in peacetime