Film
Gonza the Spearman
1986 · 2h 6m · Drama
Straight to ruin! Victims of the law that binds them.
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Overview
During the peaceful Tokugawa period, handsome samurai Gonza becomes entangled in a tragic love triangle and a web of deceit while trying to advance his social standing through the tea ceremony.
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Criterion Channel
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Cast
Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano
Shōhei Hino
Bannojō Kawazura
Misako Tanaka
Oyuki
Hideji Ōtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki
Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka
Haruko Katō
Oyuki's nanny
Kuniko Miyake
Iwaki's wife
Eiji Shima
Torajirō
Natsuki Asakawa
Hinokichi
Kaori Mizushima
Okiku
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Jinbei Iwaki
Shoichi Ozawa
Boatman
Shima Iwashita
Osai
Naoto Takenaka
Fumiemon
Mansaku Fuwa
Daikei Shimizu
Crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Taeko TomiokaScreenplay
- Masatake WakitaProducer
- Masayuki MotomochiProducer
- Kiyoshi NonomuraProducer
- Kazuo MiyagawaDirector of Photography
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Sachiko YamajiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 15, 1986
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Genres
- Drama
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