Birth of a Jazz Maiden
ジャズ娘誕生
Release: 1957-04-03
·Runtime: 77m
Music
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Reiko Arai
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Haruo Nanjô
Kyōji Aoyama
as Yoshihiko Katô
Ikuko Kimuro
as Sanae
Shosei Muto
Eiko Higashitani
Kōji Yashiro
Michiko Sakyō
Sachiko Nishida
Chiemi Eri
as Midori Kawai
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Yutaka Katô
Yukihiko Sugi
Isamu Kosugi
as Tôhô Tani
Taiji Tonoyama
as Senkichi Hanamura
Zenji Yamada
Kiyoko Tange
as Oyoshi
Kyoko Hori
