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Gonza the Spearman

7.019862h 6mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
WriterTaeko Tomioka
ProducersMasatake Wakita·Masayuki Motomochi

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

HGHiromi Go
Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano
SHShōhei Hino
Shōhei Hino
Bannojō Kawazura
MTMisako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka
Oyuki
HŌHideji Ōtaki
Hideji Ōtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki
TTTakashi Tsumura
Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka
HKHaruko Katou
Haruko Katou
Oyuki's nanny
KMKuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Iwaki's wife
ES
Eiji Shima
Torajirō
NA
Natsuki Asakawa
Hinokichi
KMKaori Mizushima
Kaori Mizushima
Okiku
CKChōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Jinbei Iwaki
SOShoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Boatman

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