The Blue Pearl

The Blue Pearl — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 3, 1951
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Ishirō Honda

The Blue Pearl — Cast

Ryō Ikebe Nishida Yukiko Shimazaki Noe Yuriko Hamada Riu Takashi Shimura Fujiki

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Reizaburo Yamamoto Kan Yanagiya Shintaro Bokuzen Hidari Riu's father Kokuten Kōdō Noe's uncle