Birth of a Jazz Maiden

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)


  • Genre: Music
  • Release Date: 1957-04-03
  • Runtime: 1h 17min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director:

Summary

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