Lingering Lines of the Distant Silver Screen: Izumi Yukimura and the Shifting Edge of the Entertainment Industry (1950s-1970s)

Lingering Lines of the Distant Silver Screen: Izumi Yukimura and the Shifting Edge of the Entertainment Industry (1950s-1970s)

Izumi Yukimura, a diva who suddenly appeared in the 1950s during Japan's postwar recovery period, was called the Japanese Grace Kelly, and was active in all areas of film, song, and television. In the 1970s, in the variety-centered world of television, legitimate entertainers like Izumi Yukimura once again became the object of admiration among young people. When Yasuha Ebina, daughter of Sanpei Hayashiya, said, "I want to be a world-class singer like Izumi Yukimura," she was signaling a return to the essence of the performing arts. Her representative songs "Waltz of Memory," "Blue Canary," and "Mambo Italiano" are crystals of artistry that lightly cross the boundary between Western and Japanese music, and her voice still glows with the nostalgia and brilliance of the times.