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The Scent of Incense

7.219643h 23mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
WriterKeisuke Kinoshita
ProducersKeisuke Kinoshita·Masao Shirai

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The Scent of Incense isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

MOMariko Okada
Mariko Okada
Tomoko
KTKinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tsuna
NONobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa
Ikuyo
GKGō Katō
Gō Katō
Ezaki
NMNorihei Miki
Norihei Miki
Hachirô
EOEiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Nozawa
HSHaruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Taromaru
KKKazuo Kitamura
Kazuo Kitamura
Keisuke
BSBunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Sugiura
EYEijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Murata, the landlord
TMTsutomu Matsukawa
Tsutomu Matsukawa
Ezaki's son
MTMasakazu Tamura
Masakazu Tamura
Ezaki's son

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