Plot:

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences 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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Hiromi Go
Gonza Sasano

Shōhei Hino
Bannojō Kawazura

Misako Tanaka
Oyuki

Hideji Ōtaki
Chūtabei Iwaki

Takashi Tsumura
Ichinoshin Asaka

Haruko Katō
Oyuki's nanny

Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Theatre Play

Masatake Wakita
Producer

Masahiro Katō
Costume Design

Masahiro Shinoda
Director

Masayuki Motomochi
Producer

Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer

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