Movie: The Scent of Incense

Top 10 Billed Cast

Mariko Okada
岡田茉莉子

Tomoko

Nobuko Otowa
乙羽信子

Ikuyo

Gō Katō
加藤剛

Ezaki

Kinuyo Tanaka
田中絹代

Tsuna

Norihei Miki
三木のり平

Hachirô

Eiji Okada
岡田英次

Nozawa

Haruko Sugimura
杉村春子

Taromaru

Kazuo Kitamura
北村和夫

Keisuke

Bunta Sugawara
菅原文太

Sugiura

Eijirō Yanagi
柳永二郎

Murata, the landlord

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