CinemaOSMovie · 1964 · 3h 23m

The Scent of Incense

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After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.

Directed byKeisuke Kinoshita

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Status
Released
Runtime
3h 23m
Language
JA
Released
May 24, 1964
Studios
Shochiku

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Tomoko

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tsuna

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Ikuyo

Gō Katō

Gō Katō

Ezaki

Norihei Miki

Norihei Miki

Hachirô

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Nozawa

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Taromaru

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Keisuke

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Sugiura

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Murata, the landlord

Creative team
Directed by
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Written by
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Produced by
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Masao Shirai

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