
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 · Movie · 1h 17m
Music
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6/10
Key crew
- Masaki TsujiWriter
- Motoo MuramatsuWriter
- Masahisa SunoharaDirector
- Yoshio MurayamaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chiemi EriMidori Kawai
- Yūjirō IshiharaHaruo Nanjô
- Isamu KosugiTôhô Tani
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiYutaka Katô
- Taiji TonoyamaSenkichi Hanamura
- Kyōji AoyamaYoshihiko Katô
- Ikuko KimuroSanae
- Kiyoko TangeOyoshi
- Shintarō KidoDam Dam
- Shinsuke MakiKen
- Shosei MutoCast
- Zenji YamadaCast
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