If you loved The Scent of Incense, try Port of Flowers
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Scent of Incense, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Port of Flowers is
One imagines the director had to start somewhere. Two swindlers descend on an unsuspecting port town at the beginning of the war. Their grift is foiled when they unexpectedly develop consciences. The film is as much a testament to the director's faith in people as it is a product of wartime cinematic mandates.

