Birth of a Jazz Maiden [294671] Released: 1957-04-03 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 77 mins Popularity: 0.5081 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 Overview: 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. Cast [29] Chiemi EriMidori Kawai Yūjirō IshiharaHaruo Nanjô Isamu KosugiTôhô Tani Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiYutaka Katô Taiji TonoyamaSenkichi Hanamur Kyōji AoyamaYoshihiko Katô Ikuko KimuroSanae Kiyoko TangeOyoshi Shintarō KidoDam Dam Shinsuke MakiKen Shosei Muto Zenji Yamada Shirō Amakusa Hideko Kariya Masahiro Kamegai Gō Kuroda Michiko Sakyō 日輪マコ Sachiko Nishida Tamami Togo Yukihiko Sugi Eiko Higashitani Kyoko Hori Ken Mishima Tsuchiyasu Kinohara Kōji Yashiro Reiko Arai Masayo Ueda Kazuko Sato Trailers