Shizuko Kasagi
Japanese singer, actress(1914-1985) · Japan · On the map · Musicians · Died at 70
Shizuko Kasagi was a Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she earned the nickname the "Queen of Boogie" . Kasagi frequently sang songs composed by Ryōichi Hattori, including 1947's "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie", which remains her best-known work.
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Natto Wada Wrote Endless Desire and Passion Without End
Akira Kurosawa Directed Drunken Angel (1948)
Shohei Imamura Directed Endless Desire (1958)
Kon Ichikawa Directed Passion Without End (1949)
Ryōichi Hattori Wrote Endless Desire and Ginza kankan musume
Koji Shima Directed Ginza kankan musume (1949)
Chiaki Tsukioka Also in Passion Without End and Endless Passion
Yūji Hori Also in Passion Without End and Endless Passion
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Albums 1
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Yoshinori Gyobe, a professor at Nihon University, said that with Hattori's bright boogie rhythms and Kasagi's lively singing of melodies that did not exist in Japan, the duo changed the image of Japanese music.
