A Legendary Jazz Café Brought to the Screen

Basie in the snow. (© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)

Director Hoshino Tetsuya was born in 1965 in the city of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. He has managed restaurants and bars since coming to Tokyo in 1986. Jazu kissa Beishī marks his debut as a director.

JBL speakers in custom cases dominate the background at Basie. (© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)

Basie owner Sugawara inks a message: “There’s no such thing as a musical genre called jazz—there are only jazz people.” (© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)

(© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)

(© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)

(© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)

(© Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners)