< The Poem of the Blue Star (1960)

MOVIE | "Arashi o yobu gakudan" | 1h 48m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / rating? (0)

Musical | Musical about the "Blue Star," a struggling jazz band led by pianist Takarada and trumpet player Takashima and their love interests. Done very much in the style of a Fox musical of the same 1940s, complete with an elaborate "History of Jazz" finale.

• Director: Umetsugu Inoue
• Writer: Umetsugu Inoue
• Writer: Tokuhei Wakao
• Akira Takarada (26) - Hiroshi Maki
• Izumi Yukimura (23) - Ruriko Amaji
• Tadao Takashima (30) - Jun Mitani
• Yukiji Asaoka (25) - Setsuko Ogata
• Ichiro Kanbe - Kazuo Watari
• Hiroshi Mizuhara - Tetsuo Watanabe
• Shin'ichi Yanagisawa - Jirô Yoshikawa
• Tatsuyoshi Ehara (23) - Bontarô Tadano
• Michiyo Tamaki - Mariko Amaji
• Mitsuko Mito (41) - Yukie Maki
• Tōru Abe (43) - Vice President Ônuki
• Kingorô Yanagiya (59) - Master Takuzô
• Shin Morikawa (48) - Takada
• Kyū Sazanka (46) - Manager Matsumoto
• Hiroshi Tachihara - Tennessee Owner Tomioka
• Santa Ariki - Tennessee Manager Yamane
• Bonta Seshi (26) - Master of ceremonies at Jazz Café
• Shûhei Yamada - Master of Jazz Café
• Tôsaku Hirose - Kondô bandmaster of Jazz Café
• Eiji Ônaka - Bandboy A