Shizuko Kasagi
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Shizuko Kasagi (August 25, 1914 - March 30, 1985) was a popular jazz singer and actress in Japan. She was born in Okawa-gun, Kagawa, Japan.
Before World War II, Shizuko was one of the stars of the Japan Girls Opera Company. Following the war and during the American occupation she became a mega star singing songs influenced by American jazz and boogie woogie. She appeared in the 1948 film Drunken Angel directed by Akira Kurosawa.
[edit] Films
- Yoidore tenshi (1948)
- Hateshinaki jonetsu (1949)
- Ginza kankan musume (1949)
- Hateshinaki yokubo (1958)
- Sukurappu shûdan (1968)
- Gendai yakuza: Shinjuku no yotamono (1970)
- Zubekô banchô: zange no neuchi mo nai (1971) (as Shiduko Kasagi)
- Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu (1971)
[edit] Discography
Various titles, including one that credits Akira Kurosawa with lyrics.
