The Scent of Incense

The Scent of Incense

1964•3h 23m•7.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(10)

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.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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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

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