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The Scent of Incense
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The Scent of Incense 1964 Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita 香華

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Shochiku
Release Date 24 May 1964
203 mins
Cast
Mariko Okada
Mariko Okada Tomoko
Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa Ikuyo
Gō Katō
Gō Katō Ezaki
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka Tsuna
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
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Producers
Keisuke Kinoshita
Keisuke Kinoshita
Masao Shirai
Masao Shirai
Cinematography
Hiroshi Kusuda
Hiroshi Kusuda
Composer
Chūji Kinoshita
Chūji Kinoshita
Editor
Yoshi Sugihara
Yoshi Sugihara
Production Design
Kisaku Ito
Kisaku Ito
Sound
Hisao Ōno
Hisao Ōno
Original Writer
Sawako Ariyoshi
Sawako Ariyoshi
Lighting
Ryozo Toyoshima
Ryozo Toyoshima