The Blue Pearl (1951)
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.
Director: Ishirō Honda
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Ryō Ikebe as Nishida |
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Yukiko Shimazaki as Noe |
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Yuriko Hamada as Riu |
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Takashi Shimura as Fujiki |
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Reizaburo Yamamoto as |
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Kan Yanagiya as Shintaro |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Riu's father |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Noe's uncle |
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Yuriko Hanabusa as |
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Noriko Honma as Riu's mother |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Noe's aunt |
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Masako Ōshiro as |
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Yoshiko Hirose as |
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Kazuko Igarashi as |
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Yoshie Kihira as |
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Sumie Kuwabara as |
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Yaeko Izumo as |
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Tsuruko Mano as |
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Sachio Sakai as Yanagiya |
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Senkichi Ōmura as |
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Shiro Mizutani as |
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Fujio Miyagawa as |
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Sandayuu Dokumamushi as Yoshi |
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Junpei Natsuki as |
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Hiroshi Kondō as |
| Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Production Design |
| Camera | Tadashi Iimura | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Director |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
| Writing | Ishirō Honda | Writer |
| Sound | Tadashi Hattori | Music |
| Writing | Katsuro Yamada | Author |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Chôshichirô Mikami | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Iwao Mori | Executive Producer |
