The Blue Pearl
青い眞珠
Release: 1951-08-03
·Runtime: 97m
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Yoshiko Hirose
Senkichi Ōmura
Ryō Ikebe
as Nishida
Bokuzen Hidari
as Riu's father
Kokuten Kōdō
as Noe's uncle
Eiko Miyoshi
as Noe's aunt
Hiroshi Kondō
Yukiko Shimazaki
as Noe
Yuriko Hamada
as Riu
Kan Yanagiya
as Shintaro
Sachio Sakai
as Yanagiya
Sandayuu Dokumamushi
as Yoshi
Takashi Shimura
as Fujiki
Yuriko Hanabusa
Noriko Honma
as Riu's mother
