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Kôge - Ichibu: Waremokô no shô

  • 19641964
  • 1h 28m
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Kôge - Ichibu: Waremokô no shô (1964)
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AKA The Scent of Incense. 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 ... Read allAKA The Scent of Incense. 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.AKA The Scent of Incense. 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.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
80
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
150,421
4,772
  • Director
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Writers
    • Sawako Ariyoshi(novel)
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Stars
    • Mariko Okada
    • Takeshi Katô
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
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  • Director
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Writers
    • Sawako Ariyoshi(novel)
    • Keisuke Kinoshita
  • Stars
    • Mariko Okada
    • Takeshi Katô
    • Kinuyo Tanaka
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    Mariko Okada
    Mariko Okada
    • Tomoko
    Takeshi Katô
    Takeshi Katô
    • Ezaki
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Tsuna
    Eiji Okada
    Eiji Okada
    Haruko Sugimura
    Haruko Sugimura
    • Taromaru
    Gô Katô
    Gô Katô
    • Ezaki
    Norihei Miki
    Norihei Miki
    • Hachirô
    Bunta Sugawara
    Bunta Sugawara
    Kazuo Kitamura
    • Keisuke
    Taketoshi Naitô
    Taketoshi Naitô
    Kaneko Iwasaki
    Kaneko Iwasaki
    • Yasuko
    Eijirô Yanagi
    Eijirô Yanagi
    • Hotel owner
    Suisen Ichikawa
    • Madame
    Tomoko Naraoka
    • Ezaki's wife
    Mineko Bandai
    Kokinji Katsura
    • Tailor
    Kiyoshi Nonomura
    Yoshimi Hiramatsu
    • Director
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
    • Writers
      • Sawako Ariyoshi(novel) (story)
      • Keisuke Kinoshita
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    • Release date
      • May 24, 1964 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Scent of Incense
    • Production companies
      • Shochiku Ofuna
      • Shochiku
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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