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Birth of a Jazz Maiden

1957 1 hour 17 minutes
35/100

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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.

Released

3rd April 1957

69 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 17 minutes

Finishes at 5:31am

Ratings and awards

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    5.9/10

  • Trakt Logo

    10%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    35%

Directed by

Masahisa Sunohara

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Written by

Masaki Tsuji, Motoo Muramatsu

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