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Gonza the Spearman (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 15, 1986

Original Title:
鑓の権三

Alternate Titles:
Gonza the Spearman
Yari no gonza

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Shochiku
hyogensha

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 126

Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Kiyoshi Awazu

Costume Design:
Masahiro Katō

Director:
Masahiro Shinoda

Director of Photography:
Kazuo Miyagawa

Editor:
Sachiko Yamaji

Lighting Technician:
Takeji Sano

Original Music Composer:
Toru Takemitsu

Producer:
Masatake Wakita
Masayuki Motomochi
Kiyoshi Nonomura

Screenplay:
Taeko Tomioka

Sound Recordist:
Shotaro Yoshida

Theatre Play:
Monzaemon Chikamatsu

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