Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
Synopsis
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
Release Date: 1957-04-03
Runtime: 77 minutes
Director: Masahisa Sunohara
Top Cast
- Chiemi Eri as Midori Kawai
- Yūjirō Ishihara as Haruo Nanjô
- Isamu Kosugi as Tôhô Tani
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Yutaka Katô
- Taiji Tonoyama as Senkichi Hanamura
- Kyōji Aoyama as Yoshihiko Katô
- Ikuko Kimuro as Sanae
- Kiyoko Tange as Oyoshi
- Shintarō Kido as Dam Dam
- Shinsuke Maki as Ken
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