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.
- Year : 1951
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Drama, Romance
- Studio : TOHO
- Keyword : pearl, ama, kachido
- Director : Ishirō Honda
- Cast : Ryō Ikebe, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yuriko Hamada, Takashi Shimura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Kan Yanagiya