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Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)

★ 0.0/10 77 min Music Japan Japanese
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Chiemi Eri
Chiemi Eri Midori Kawai
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara Haruo Nanjô
Isamu Kosugi
Isamu Kosugi Tôhô Tani
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Yutaka Katô
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama Senkichi Hanamura
Kyōji Aoyama
Kyōji Aoyama Yoshihiko Katô
Ikuko Kimuro
Ikuko Kimuro Sanae
Kiyoko Tange Oyoshi

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