Birth of a Jazz Maiden

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 3, 1957

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Jazu musume tanjō

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Director

Masahisa Sunohara

Description

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.