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Birth of a Jazz Maiden

0% | Apr 03, 1957
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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

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Chiemi Eri
Midori Kawai
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Haruo Nanjô
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Isamu Kosugi
Tôhô Tani
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Yutaka Katô
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Taiji Tonoyama
Senkichi Hanamura

Featured Crew

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

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