Birth of a Jazz Maiden

(1957)

★ 6 IMDb · 14 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 1957

Runtime: 77 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 春原政久

Cast: 江利チエミ, 石原裕次郎, 小杉勇, 二本柳寛, 殿山泰司, 青山恭二, 木室郁子, 丹下キヨ子, 木戸新太郎, 牧真介

Plot

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.