Birth of a Jazz Maiden

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 3, 1957

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cast

Shintarō Kido,Gō Kuroda,Chiemi Eri,Yukihiko Sugi,Masahiro Kamegai,Kiyoko Tange,Michiko Sakyō,Ken Mishima,Shirō Amakusa,Zenji Yamadaand 19 more

Director

Masahisa Sunohara

Writer

Motoo Muramatsu,Masaki Tsuji

Cinematography

Shinsaku Himeda

Music

Yoshio Murayama

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2762050