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Yari no Gonza : Gonza the spearman /

During the Tokugawa shogunate Japanese provincial lords were obliged to spend alternative years in Edo, the capital city. Wives and children were left behind, often causing tragic results. This classic tale of love, honor and tragedy is an adaptation of a noted 18th-century bunkaru (puppet theatre)...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Hyōgensha, Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Shinoda, Masahiro, 1931-, Gō, Hiromi, Hino, Shonei, Tanaka, Misako, Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with English subtitles.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [1990]
Subjects:
Samurai > Japan > Drama.
Honor > Drama.
Bushido > Drama.
Bushi.
Samurai films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
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Summary:During the Tokugawa shogunate Japanese provincial lords were obliged to spend alternative years in Edo, the capital city. Wives and children were left behind, often causing tragic results. This classic tale of love, honor and tragedy is an adaptation of a noted 18th-century bunkaru (puppet theatre) play by well-known bunkaru playwright Monzaemon Chikamatsu--Container.
Item Description:Based on the Monzaemon Chikamatsu play.
Videocassette release of a 1985 motion picture by Hyogensha Shochiku Co. Ltd.
A foreign film (Japan).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (126 min) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Producers, Iwashita Kiyoshi, Wakita Masafumi, Mimochi Masayuki ; script, Taeko Tomioka ; photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; music, Toru Takemitsu.