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
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Haruo Nanjô
Shosei Muto
Kyoko Hori
Sachiko Nishida
Taiji Tonoyama
as Senkichi Hanamura
Kiyoko Tange
as Oyoshi
Ikuko Kimuro
as Sanae
Eiko Higashitani
Zenji Yamada
Reiko Arai
Chiemi Eri
as Midori Kawai
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Yutaka Katô
Kyōji Aoyama
as Yoshihiko Katô
Michiko Sakyō
Yukihiko Sugi
Isamu Kosugi
as Tôhô Tani
Kōji Yashiro
