Birth of a Jazz Maiden

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

77 mins | Music | April 3, 1957

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.

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

77 mins | Music | April 3, 1957

Birth of a Jazz Maiden
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.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title Jazu musume tanjō
Directors Masahisa Sunohara
Writers Motoo Muramatsu, Masaki Tsuji

Cast

Chiemi Eri

as Midori Kawai

Yûjirô 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