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Birth of a Jazz Maiden

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Calorie Rating: 108
Released: 1957-04-03
Running Time: 77 Minutes
Studios: Nikkatsu Corporation,


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.

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Cast

Chiemi Eri
Character: Midori Kawai
Yūjirō Ishihara
Character: Haruo Nanjô
Isamu Kosugi
Character: Tôhô Tani

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Character: Yutaka Katô
Taiji Tonoyama
Character: Senkichi Hanamura
Kyōji Aoyama
Character: Yoshihiko Katô

Ikuko Kimuro
Character: Sanae
Kiyoko Tange
Character: Oyoshi
Shintarō Kido
Character: Dam Dam

Shinsuke Maki
Character: Ken



Production and Crew

Takeo Kimura
Art Direction

Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Yoshio Murayama
Original Music Composer

Sanpei Satani
Art Direction
Kinosuke Yagita
Sound Recordist
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Technician