Birth of a Jazz MaidenMovie
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.
About Birth of a Jazz Maiden
Birth of a Jazz Maiden is a 1957 music movie directed by Masahisa Sunohara.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 17m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Chiemi Eri, Yūjirō Ishihara, Isamu Kosugi, Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
