Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
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.
Director: Masahisa Sunohara
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Chiemi Eri as Midori Kawai |
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Yūjirō Ishihara as Haruo Nanjô |
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Isamu Kosugi as Tôhô Tani |
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Yutaka Katô |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Senkichi Hanamura |
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Kyōji Aoyama as Yoshihiko Katô |
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Ikuko Kimuro as Sanae |
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Kiyoko Tange as Oyoshi |
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Shintarō Kido as Dam Dam |
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Shinsuke Maki as Ken |
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Shosei Muto as |
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Zenji Yamada as |
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Shirō Amakusa as |
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Hideko Kariya as |
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Masahiro Kamegai as |
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Gō Kuroda as |
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Michiko Sakyō as |
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日輪マコ as |
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Sachiko Nishida as |
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Tamami Togo as |
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Yukihiko Sugi as |
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Eiko Higashitani as |
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Kyoko Hori as |
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Ken Mishima as |
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Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as |
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Kōji Yashiro as |
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Reiko Arai as |
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Masayo Ueda as |
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Kazuko Sato as |
| Writing | Masaki Tsuji | Writer |
| Directing | Masahisa Sunohara | Director |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Art Direction |
| Writing | Motoo Muramatsu | Writer |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tadashi Nakamura | Editor |
| Art | Sanpei Satani | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Kinosuke Yagita | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Yoshio Murayama | Original Music Composer |