笠置シヅ子

Shizuko Kasagi August 25 1914 Ōkawa District Kagawa Japan - March 30 1985 Was A Popular Japanese Jazz Singer And Actress.
Before World War II She 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.
In 1957 Shizuko Retired From Singing And Concentrated On Her Acting Career. She Died In 1985 Aged 70. Filmography Drunken Angel Yoidore Tenshi 1948 Hateshinaki Jonetsu 1949 Ginza Kankan Musume 銀座カンカン娘 1949 Endless Desire Hateshinaki Yokubo 1958 Sukurappu Shūdan 1968 Gendai Yakuza Shinjuku No Yotamono 1970 Zubekō Banchô Zange No Neuchi Mo Nai 1971 As Shiduko Kasagi Kigeki Onna Ikitemasu 1971 read less