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.
Stars: Ryō Ikebe, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yuriko Hamada, Takashi Shimura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Kan Yanagiya
Crew: Takashi Matsuyama (Production Design), Tadashi Iimura (Director of Photography), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Ishirō Honda (Writer), Katsuro Yamada (Author), Ishirō Honda (Director)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO
Runtime: 97 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 03, 1951
IMDb: 10
