Drama · Japan · 1964 · 3h 23m

The Scent of Incense

香華

The Scent of Incense poster
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Cast
Mariko Okada as Tomoko Nobuko Otowa as Ikuyo Gō Katō as Ezaki Kinuyo Tanaka as Tsuna Norihei Miki as Hachirô Eiji Okada as Nozawa
Crew
Hiroshi Kusuda — Director of Photography Yoshi Sugihara — Editor Chūji Kinoshita — Original Music Composer Keisuke Kinoshita — Writer Sawako Ariyoshi — Novel Keisuke Kinoshita — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Scent of Incense — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookgeishataisho periodmother and daughtershōwa era (1926-89)
Key Collaborators
Keisuke Kinoshita Director Hiroshi Kusuda Director of Photography Yoshi Sugihara Editor Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer Keisuke Kinoshita Writer Sawako Ariyoshi Novel Keisuke Kinoshita Producer Masao Shirai Producer Kisaku Ito Production Design
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