The Poem of the Blue Star

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Music,

Drama

Duration:

108 minutes

Year:

1960

Director:

Umetsugu Inoue

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Company:

Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.

Cast:
Akira Takarada

Izumi Yukimura

Tadao Takashima

Hiroshi Mizuhara

Yukiji Asaoka

Crew:
Umetsugu Inoue

Director

Umetsugu Inoue

Writer

Tokuhei Wakao

Writer

Kōzō Okazaki

Director of Photography

Koichi Kawabe

Music