The Blue Pearl
- Released on
- Runtime
- 97 mins
The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.
The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women – Noe and Riu – are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life.
Cast
- Ryō Ikebe
- Yukiko Shimazaki
- Yuriko Hamada
- Takashi Shimura
- Reizaburo Yamamoto
- Kan Yanagiya
- Bokuzen Hidari
- Kokuten Kōdō
- Yuriko Hanabusa
- Noriko Honma
- Eiko Miyoshi
- Masako Ōshiro
- Yoshiko Hirose
- Kazuko Igarashi
- Yoshie Kihira
- Sumie Kuwabara
- Yaeko Izumo
- Tsuruko Mano
- Sachio Sakai
- Senkichi Ōmura
- Shiro Mizutani
- Fujio Miyagawa
- Sandayuu Dokumamushi
- Junpei Natsuki
- Hiroshi Kondō
Director
- Ishirō Honda
Producers
- Sōjirō Motoki
