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.
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| Production | Masatake Wakita | Producer |
| Writing | Monzaemon Chikamatsu | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masahiro Katō | Costume Design |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Production | Masayuki Motomochi | Producer |
| Editing | Sachiko Yamaji | Editor |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Kiyoshi Awazu | Art Direction |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shotaro Yoshida | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Takeji Sano | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | Taeko Tomioka | Screenplay |
| Production | Kiyoshi Nonomura | Producer |