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Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
Directed by Masahisa Sunohara
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.
Length 77 minutes
Actors
Chiemi Eri | Yûjirô Ishihara | Isamu Kosugi | Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | Taiji Tonoyama | Kyoji Aoyama | Ikuko Kimuro | Kiyoko Tange | Shintarô Kido | Shinsuke Maki | Akio Muto | Zenji Yamada | Shirô Amakusa