The Blue Pearl
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.
Cast: Ryō Ikebe, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yuriko Hamada, Takashi Shimura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Kan Yanagiya, Bokuzen Hidari, Kokuten Kōdō, Yuriko Hanabusa, Noriko Honma, Eiko Miyoshi, Masako Ôshiro, Yoshiko Hirose
Crew: Ishirō Honda (Writer), Katsuro Yamada (Author), Ishirō Honda (Director), Sōjirō Motoki (Producer), Tadashi Hattori (Music)