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Birth of a Jazz Maiden

1957 Directed by Masahisa Sunohara

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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Chiemi Eri

Chiemi Eri

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Midori Kawai

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

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Haruo Nanjô

Isamu Kosugi

Isamu Kosugi

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Tôhô Tani

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

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Yutaka Katô

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

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Senkichi Hanamura

Kyōji Aoyama

Kyōji Aoyama

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Yoshihiko Katô

Ikuko Kimuro

Ikuko Kimuro

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Sanae

77 minutes

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