Movie: Birth of a Jazz Maiden

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Chiemi Eri
江利チエミ

Midori Kawai

Yūjirō Ishihara
石原裕次郎

Haruo Nanjô

Isamu Kosugi
小杉勇

Tôhô Tani

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
二本柳寛

Yutaka Katô

Taiji Tonoyama
殿山泰司

Senkichi Hanamura

Kyōji Aoyama
青山恭二

Yoshihiko Katô

Ikuko Kimuro
木室郁子

Sanae

Kiyoko Tange
丹下キヨ子

Oyoshi

Shintarō Kido
木戸新太郎

Dam Dam

Shinsuke Maki
牧真介

Ken

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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.

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    1957-04-03

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