A film that appears to have been recorded before the war by Shizuko Kasagi, known for hit songs such as "Tokyo Boogie Woogie" and known as the Queen of Boogie, has been discovered.
Experts say that pre-war footage of Mr. Kasagi is extremely rare and is valuable for learning about the music shows of the time.
The footage of Shizuko Kasagi was discovered by the Kobe Film Museum in Kobe City during an investigation into its collection.
The film had deteriorated, so the museum restored it and digitized it, and Yusuke Wajima, a professor at Osaka University who specializes in the history of Japanese popular music, examined it in detail.
As a result, members of the Shochiku Gakugeki troupe, to which Kasagi belonged before the war, appear in the song, and based on the production time of the piece, it appears to have been recorded from the end of 1939 to the beginning of 1940. about it.
Mr. Kasagi was in his 20s at the time, and in the video, Ryoichi Hattori, one of Japan's leading musicians, plays ``Trumpet and Musume'', which he wrote and composed for Mr. Kasagi for the first time, with a swing rhythm and trumpet performance. I sing while dancing vigorously.
According to Professor Wajima, records of many of Kasagi's songs still exist, but footage recorded before the war is extremely rare.
Professor Wajima said, ``In the sense that it captures Mr. Kasagi's performance from his pre-war heyday, it can be said to be unique at the moment.The movements and facial expressions when interacting with the trumpet in ``The Trumpet and the Girl'' are truly fascinating. "This strongly supports the fact that a person named Shizuko Kasagi came out of the actual performance. Furthermore, it is important for understanding what music shows were like at the time."