Music ·Drama · Japan · 1960 · 1h 48m

The Poem of the Blue Star

嵐を呼ぶ楽団

Director

Umetsugu Inoue

Cast

Akira Takarada as Izumi Yukimura as Tadao Takashima as Hiroshi Mizuhara as Yukiji Asaoka as Shinichi Yanagisawa as

Crew

Kōzō Okazaki — Director of Photography Umetsugu Inoue — Writer Tokuhei Wakao — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Umetsugu Inoue Director Kōzō Okazaki Director of Photography Umetsugu Inoue Writer Tokuhei Wakao Writer

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