Overview
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 as Nishida
- Yukiko Shimazaki as Noe
- Yuriko Hamada as Riu
- Takashi Shimura as Fujiki
- Reizaburo Yamamoto
- Kan Yanagiya as Shintaro
- Bokuzen Hidari as Riu's father
- Kokuten Kōdō as Noe's uncle
- Yuriko Hanabusa
- Noriko Honma as Riu's mother