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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).
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.
Filmography
Actress
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu as
Middle-aged woman
1971
Yoru no tehaishi: Suke sennin giri
1971
Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu
1971
Zubekô banchô: Zange no neuchi mo nai as
Ginza Club Singer
1971
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishôgai as
Katsu
1970
Gendai yakuza: Shinjuku no yotamono as
Seiji's mother
1970
Saigo no tokkôtai
1968
Sukurappu shûdan as
Tomé Okamura
1967
Ôbantô Kobantô as
Satoe Tamaru
1967
Râkugoyarô-Daibakushô as
Omitsu
1967
Nihon Kyokaku-den: Shira-ha no Sakazuki
1966
'Kûhaku no kiten' yori: Onna wa fukushû suru as
Yuki Yasuda
1966
Kaachan to 11-nin no kodomo as
Saku
1966
Ame no naka ni kiete (TV Series) as
Kimie's aunt
- Soyokaze ga kao ni hyu'! (1966) - Kimie's aunt
1965
Kawachi zoro: Abaredako as
Chiyo Ônishi
1965
Nihon Kyokaku-den: Naniwa-hen
1964
Kawachi zoro: Dokechi mushi as
Chiyo Ônishi
1964
Kawachi zoro: Kenka shamo as
Chiyo Ônishi
1964
The Crest of Man as
Suma Nakai
1961
Atomic no Obon, onna oyabun taiketsu no maki
1961
Atomic no obon: Surimasuwayo no maki
1959
Sunday Grand Court (TV Series)
1958
Endless Desire (uncredited)
1958
Botchan tengoku
1956
Ôwarai daifukuchô (Short)
1956
Bonbon ganbaru (TV Series)
1955
Nonki saiban
1954
Tôkyô romance: Shigemori kunjô kyôsuru
1954
Rakugo series - Dai ichi-wa: Rakugo nagaya wa hanazakari as
Osato
1952
Hanafubuki otoko matsuri
1952
Uta matsuri Shimizu Minato
1952
Zeninashi Heita torimonojô
1952
Kessen Takada no baba
1952
Uta no sanmyaku (Short)
1952
Sekishun as
Ranko Kinugasa
1952
Ikinokotta benten-sama
1951
Onna Jirochô wakuwaku dôchû as
Oshizu
1951
Utau yakyû kozô
1951
Momo no hana no saku shita de as
Ayako
1951
Zakuzaku musume
1950
Uta no bakudan: Hit melody (Short)
1950
Peko-chan to Densuke
1950
Ginza no odoriko
1949
Dassen jônetsu musume as
Toshiko
1949
Enoken: Kasagi no gokuraku fûfu as
Konami
1949
Passion Without End as
Shizuko Kasaoki, Fukuko Amamiya
1949
Ginza kankan musume as
Haru
1949
Kekkon sanjûshi as
Yuri
1948
Utau Enoken torimonochou
1948
Ongaku nijû no tobira
1948
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
1948
Drunken Angel as
Singer
1947
Haru no kyôen as
Ranko Awashima
1947
Ukiyo mo tengoku as
Circus leader
Soundtrack
2009
Keiji ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibei no Shôwa jiken shi (TV Series) (performer: "Tôkyô bugi ugi" - uncredited)
2006
Inugami-ke no ichizoku (performer: "Tôkyô bugi ugi" - uncredited)
