Movielogr
The Blue Pearl (1951)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Ryô Ikebe | Yukiko Shimazaki | Yuriko Hamada | Takashi Shimura | Reisaburô Yamamoto | Kan Yanagiya | Bokuzen Hidari | Kokuten Kôdô | Yuriko Hanabusa | Noriko Honma | Eiko Miyoshi | Masako Ôshiro | Yoshiko Hirose | Kazuko Igarashi | Yoshie Kihira | Sumie Kuwabara | Yaeko Izumo | Tsuruko Mano | Sachio Sakai | Senkichi Ômura | Shiro Mizutani | Fujio Miyagawa | Sandayuu Dokumamushi | Junpei Natsuki | Hiroshi Kondô