Gonza the Spearman

Year: 1986

Runtime: 126 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

Drama

Set in the appearance‑obsessed Tokugawa era, the story follows handsome Gonza, a notorious ladies’ man, as he rivals Bannojō for the honor of performing a tea ceremony to mark the birth of a clan heir. To gain access to sacred tea scrolls, Gonza vows to marry the scroll‑keeper’s daughter, despite being unofficially engaged elsewhere. While studying the scrolls with the matriarch Osai, Bannojō intrudes, steals their obi and publicly declares the pair adulterers, spiraling the tragedy.

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