A Nikkatsu Roman Porno and Directors Company collaboration between director Toshiharu Ikeda and writer Takashi Ishii (whose script is based on Shoji Yuki’s novel), “Scent of a Spell” is a movie that brings in the characteristics of both schools, in a rather intriguing package. Let us take things from the beginning though.

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While Tetsuro, a young man, is returning home from a bar in heavy rain, he comes across a woman, Akiko, who is trying to kill herself by jumping off a bridge. On a whim, he saves her, and even takes her to his home, where he convinces her to stay for a while until she gets hold of herself again. Eventually, she learns that she has escaped from her violent husband, a doctor named Yutaka, and decides to protect her from him. The two soon start living properly together,...