Birth of a Jazz Maiden (Jazu musume tanjō) 67 years old

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.

Credits

Taiji Tonoyama as Senkichi Hanamura

Kiyoko Tange as Oyoshi

Yujiro Ishihara as Haruo Nanjô

Isamu Kosugi as Tôhô Tani

Zenji Yamada as

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Yutaka Katô

Birth of a Jazz Maiden Cast

Name	Character
Taiji Tonoyama He was 41, 73 years old when he died	as Senkichi Hanamura
Kiyoko Tange She was 37, 78 years old when she died	as Oyoshi
Yujiro Ishihara He was 22, 52 years old when he died	as Haruo Nanjô
Isamu Kosugi He was 53, 79 years old when he died	as Tôhô Tani
Zenji Yamada
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi He was 39, 52 years old when he died	as Yutaka Katô

Birth of a Jazz Maiden Crew

Name	Department
Shinsaku Himeda as Director of Photography. He was 40 (80) years old when He died	Camera
Takeo Kimura as Art Direction. He was 39 (91) years old when He died	Art
Masaki Tsuji as Writer. He was 25 (now 92) years old	Writing

Birth of a Jazz Maiden (67 years)

Release day: Wednesday, April 03, 1957
Runtime: 77 minutes