The Blue Pearl
1951
97 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Ryō Ikebe
Nishida
Yukiko Shimazaki
Noe
Yuriko Hamada
Riu
Takashi Shimura
Fujiki
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Kan Yanagiya
Shintaro
Bokuzen Hidari
Riu's father
Kokuten Kōdō
Noe's uncle
Yuriko Hanabusa
Noriko Honma
Riu's mother
Eiko Miyoshi
Noe's aunt
Masako Ōshiro
Yoshiko Hirose
Kazuko Igarashi
Yoshie Kihira
Sumie Kuwabara
Yaeko Izumo
Tsuruko Mano
Sachio Sakai
Yanagiya
Senkichi Ōmura
Shiro Mizutani
Fujio Miyagawa
Sandayuu Dokumamushi
Yoshi
Junpei Natsuki
