Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
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.
Cast
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
Shosei Muto
Zenji Yamada
Shirō Amakusa
Michiko Sakyō
Sachiko Nishida
