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The Blue Pearl (1951)

★ 7.5/10 97 min Drama, Romance Japan Japanese
Director: Ishirō Honda
Streaming: Not available

Description

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
Ryō Ikebe Nishida
Yukiko Shimazaki
Yukiko Shimazaki Noe
Yuriko Hamada
Yuriko Hamada Riu
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Fujiki
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Kan Yanagiya
Kan Yanagiya Shintaro
Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari Riu's father
Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō Noe's uncle

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