

青い眞珠
August 3, 1951
1h 37m
JA
Ishirō Honda
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.

Ryō Ikebe
Nishida

Yukiko Shimazaki
Noe

Yuriko Hamada
Riu

Takashi Shimura
Fujiki


Ishirō Honda
2

Reizaburo Yamamoto
Cast

Kan Yanagiya
Shintaro

Bokuzen Hidari
Riu's father

Kokuten Kōdō
Noe's uncle

Yuriko Hanabusa
Cast

Noriko Honma
Riu's mother

TOHO
JP