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Birth of a Jazz Maiden

0 %|Apr 3, 1957|Music

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.

Featured Crew

Masahisa Sunohara
Director
Motoo Muramatsu
Writer
Masaki Tsuji
Writer
Takeo Kimura
Art Direction
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Tadashi Nakamura
Editor
Sanpei Satani
Art Direction
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Technician