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Shizuko Kasagi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kasagi Shizuko, Shizuko Mikasa, Mikasa Shizuko
Japanese singer, actress(1914-1985)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1985
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Utau jigazō
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Film & TV
Okawa District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Known for
- The Big Chase1971
- Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai1971
- Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu1971
- Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu1971
- Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess1971
- The Last Kamikaze1970
- Thugs of Shinjuku1970
- Attention Please1970
- The Yakuza Awaits1969
- Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"1969
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1914-08-25
- Active to
- 1985-03-30
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 433
- Total plays
- 1,959
Tags
Shizuko Kasagi (Kasagi Shizuko, 笠置シヅ子) (August 25, 1914 - 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. <a href="h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Nippon Columbia
- Image
- Shizuko Kasagi.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Shizuko Kasagi
- date of birth
- 1914-08-25
- date of death
- 1985-03-30
- cause of death
- ovarian cancer
- name in native language
- 笠置シヅ子
- start of work period
- 1927-00-00
- name in kana
- かさぎ シヅこ
- birth name
- 亀井 静子
- social media followers
- 6520
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