The Scent of Incense
1964•3h 23m•7.2•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Shochiku
Cast
Mariko Okada
Tomoko
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tsuna
Nobuko Otowa
Ikuyo
Gō Katō
Ezaki
Norihei Miki
Hachirô
Eiji Okada
Nozawa
Haruko Sugimura
Taromaru
Kazuo Kitamura
Keisuke
Bunta Sugawara
Sugiura
Eijirō Yanagi
Murata, the landlord
Tsutomu Matsukawa
Ezaki's son
Masakazu Tamura
Ezaki's son
Tomoko Naraoka
Ezaki's wife
Jun Usami
Kannami
Kokinji Katsura
Kimono store clerk
Production
Company
Shochiku
Producer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Producer
Masao Shirai
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