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.
Title | Birth of a Jazz Maiden |
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Year | 1957 |
Genre | Music |
Country | Japan |
Studio | Nikkatsu Corporation |
Cast | Chiemi Eri, Yūjirō Ishihara, Isamu Kosugi, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi, Taiji Tonoyama, Kyōji Aoyama |
Crew | Masaki Tsuji (Writer), Masahisa Sunohara (Director), Takeo Kimura (Art Direction), Motoo Muramatsu (Writer), Shinsaku Himeda (Director of Photography), Tadashi Nakamura (Editor) |
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Release | Apr 03, 1957 |
Runtime | 77 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 0.00 / 10 by 0 users |