Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
1h 17m
Running Time
April 3, 1957Release Date
Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
1h 17m
Running Time
April 3, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

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

Kiyoko Tange
Oyoshi

Shintarō Kido
Dam Dam

Shinsuke Maki
Ken

Shosei Muto

Masahisa Sunohara
Director

Motoo Muramatsu
Writer

Takeo Yanagawa
Producer

Masaki Tsuji
Writer

Takeo Kimura
Art Direction

Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography

Tadashi Nakamura
Editor

Sanpei Satani
Art Direction

Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Technician

Kinosuke Yagita
Sound Recordist

Yoshio Murayama
Original Music Composer

Zenji Yamada

Shirō Amakusa
Details.
Release DateApril 3, 1957
Original Nameジャズ娘誕生
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Genres
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Wiki.
Jazz musume tanjō (ジャズ娘誕生, Jazu musume tanjō) is a 1957 Konicolor Japanese film directed by Masahisa Sunohara.