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