| Native name 笠置 シヅ子 Occupation(s) Singer, actress Died March 30, 1985 Genres Jazz Role Singer | Also known as Shizuko Mikasa Name Shizuko Kasagi Birth name Shizuko Kamei (亀井 静子) Years active 1927–1955 Record label Nippon Columbia | |
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| Born 25 August 1914
Okawa District, Kagawa, Japan (1914-08-25) Movies Ginza Kankan Musume, Drunken Angel, Endless Desire, Delinquent Girl Boss: Unworthy | ||
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Shizuko Kasagi (笠置 シヅ子, Kasagi Shizuko, 25 August 1914 – 30 March 1985) was a popular Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she was known as the "Queen of the Boogie-Woogie" (ブギの女王, Bugi no Joō).
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- My dear little dox shizuko kasagi columbia
- Tokyo boogie woogie shizuko kasagi 1947
- Early life and career
- Death
- Films
- References
Tokyo boogie woogie shizuko kasagi 1947
Early life and career
Shizuko Kasagi was born Shizuko Kamei (亀井 静子) on 25 August 1914 in Ōkawa District, Kagawa, Japan. She originally took Shizuko Mikasa (三笠 静子) as her stage name, but eventually changed the spelling of her name to 笠置 シズ子.
Before World War II, Shizuko was one of the stars of the Japan Girls Opera Company. During the Occupation of Japan, 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.
Death
Kasagi died from ovarian cancer on 30 March 1985, aged 70.
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