
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
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 Billed Cast

Chiemi Eri
Midori Kawai

Yūjirō Ishihara
Haruo Nanjô

Isamu Kosugi
Tôhô Tani

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Yutaka Katô

Taiji Tonoyama
Senkichi Hanamura
Featured Crew
Masaki Tsuji
Writer

Takeo Kimura
Art Direction
Motoo Muramatsu
Writer
Masahisa Sunohara
Director
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Tadashi Nakamura
Editor
Yoshio Murayama
Original Music Composer
Sanpei Satani
Art Direction
Kinosuke Yagita
Sound Recordist
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Technician