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The Scent of Incense (1964) — Ligoscope

The Scent of Incense

Film · 1964

The Scent of Incense

203 min · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

7.210
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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.

Cast

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

Tsutomu Matsukawa

Tsutomu Matsukawa

Ezaki's son

Masakazu Tamura

Masakazu Tamura

Ezaki's son

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Ezaki's wife

Jun Usami

Jun Usami

Kannami

Kokinji Katsura

Kokinji Katsura

Kimono store clerk

Suisen Ichikawa

Suisen Ichikawa

Proprietress

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Great Uncle

Crew

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Producer: Keisuke Kinoshita, Masao Shirai
Writer: Sawako Ariyoshi, Keisuke Kinoshita
Editor: Yoshi Sugihara
Cinematography: Hiroshi Kusuda
Production Design: Kisaku Ito
Composer: Chūji Kinoshita
Sound: Hisao Ōno

Details

Studios: Shochiku
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: May 24, 1964

Themes

based on novel or bookgeishataisho periodmother and daughtershōwa era (1926-89)

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