Scent of a Spell

Riverside. Evening. A splash. He pulls a woman from the water, back to life. Her secrets soon surface: a strange family, hidden rituals, something buried. Ikeda's suspense films deserve rediscovery.

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Toshiharu Ikeda directed Scent of a Spell in 1985. See Toshiharu Ikeda's full filmography, where to start with Toshiharu Ikeda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Toshiharu Ikeda.

Scent of a Spell was released in 1985 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 90 minutes.