Planning a movie night with 'Gonza the Spearman' right from your couch? We’ve rounded up ways to watch including rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can pick what works best for you. Right now in the US, 'Gonza the Spearman' is available to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription on Criterion Channel.
Here are some useful notes to know before watching about the hyogensha, Shochiku drama flick. Gonza the Spearman starring Hiromi Go, Shōhei Hino, Misako Tanaka, Hideji Ōtaki has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 6 min. The movie received a user score of 70/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 16 active users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "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."
