

Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957 Directed by Masahisa SunoharaKawai 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
....................................................Midori Kawai

Yūjirō Ishihara
....................................................Haruo Nanjô

Isamu Kosugi
....................................................Tôhô Tani

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
....................................................Yutaka Katô

Taiji Tonoyama
....................................................Senkichi Hanamura

Kyōji Aoyama
....................................................Yoshihiko Katô

Ikuko Kimuro
....................................................Sanae
Director
...........................................................Masahisa Sunohara
Writer
...........................................................Motoo Muramatsu
Masaki Tsuji
Art Direction
...........................................................Takeo Kimura
Sanpei Satani
Director of Photography
...........................................................Shinsaku Himeda
Editor
...........................................................Tadashi Nakamura
Production Companies
...................................................Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Music
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