Ginza Kankan Musume - Hideko Takamine & Live Houses
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2026 11:08 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azfZI9Kxj4s
This is a Ryukoka standard, Ryukoka being the term for big band pop music from before 1960 in Japan. It was used in the 1949 film, Ginza Kankan Musume, which is about a girl navigating through post-war Japan and new society.
It became extremely popular and was one of the first non traditional type of songs to become so.
It's still covered today a lot, mostly at live houses, which are big city underground music venues. I played Ginza Kankan Musume on acoustic guitar with my friend for our end-of-elementary school festival.
Ginza Kankan Musume was Takamine's only song, as she was an actress, with Ginza Kankan Musume being produced only to promote the movie, it ironically became more famous than the movie itself.
This is a Ryukoka standard, Ryukoka being the term for big band pop music from before 1960 in Japan. It was used in the 1949 film, Ginza Kankan Musume, which is about a girl navigating through post-war Japan and new society.
It became extremely popular and was one of the first non traditional type of songs to become so.
It's still covered today a lot, mostly at live houses, which are big city underground music venues. I played Ginza Kankan Musume on acoustic guitar with my friend for our end-of-elementary school festival.
Ginza Kankan Musume was Takamine's only song, as she was an actress, with Ginza Kankan Musume being produced only to promote the movie, it ironically became more famous than the movie itself.