Birth of a Jazz Maiden

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)

ジャズ娘誕生

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.

Date of release
1957-04-03
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Music
Director
Masahisa Sunohara

Casting

Interesting facts

Jazz musume tanjō , also known as Birth of a Jazz Maiden, is a 1957 Konicolor Japanese film directed by Masahisa Sunohara.

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