Birth of a Jazz Maiden

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)


  • Genre: Music
  • Release Date: 1957-04-03
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Masahisa Sunohara

Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Shosei Muto

    as

  • Zenji Yamada

    as

  • Shirō Amakusa

    as
Directing Masahisa Sunohara Director
Writing Motoo Muramatsu Writer
Writing Masaki Tsuji Writer
Art Takeo Kimura Art Direction
Camera Shinsaku Himeda Director of Photography
Editing Tadashi Nakamura Editor
Art Sanpei Satani Art Direction
Lighting Yasuo Iwaki Lighting Technician
Sound Kinosuke Yagita Sound Recordist
Sound Yoshio Murayama Original Music Composer

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