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The Scent of Incense (1964) · Cineora

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A KEISUKE KINOSHITA FILM

The Scent of Incense

19643h 23mMovie

Drama

IMDb7.4/ 10 · 138 votes

THE STORY

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.

Melancholic
Bittersweet
Family
Period piece

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Moderate
Complexity: Some focus

Good for watching alone and talking about after.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.2 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Mariko OkadaTomoko

Kinuyo TanakaTsuna

Nobuko OtowaIkuyo

Gō KatōEzaki

Norihei MikiHachirô

Eiji OkadaNozawa

Haruko SugimuraTaromaru

Kazuo KitamuraKeisuke

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