

The Blue Pearl
1951
N/R
Overview:
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.
Ishirō Honda
Director, Writer
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Cast:
View full castRyō Ikebe
Nishida
Yukiko Shimazaki
Noe
Yuriko Hamada
Riu
Takashi Shimura
Fujiki
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Kan Yanagiya
Shintaro