The Blue Pearl (1951)
1h 37m
Running Time
August 3, 1951Release Date
The Blue Pearl (1951)
1h 37m
Running Time
August 3, 1951Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Yukiko Shimazaki
Noe
Yuriko Hamada
Actress
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Actor
Takashi Shimura
Fujiki
Ryō Ikebe
Actor
Shigeo Katô
Lighthouse keeper assistant
Ishirō Honda
Director
Kan Yanagiya
Shintaro
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Bokuzen Hidari
Riu's father
Kokuten Kōdō
Noe's uncle
Tadashi Hattori
Composer
Tadashi Iimura
Cinematographer
Noriko Honma
Riu's mother
Takashi Matsuyama
ProductionDesigner
Eiko Miyoshi
Noe's aunt
Sachio Sakai
Yanagiya
Sandayuu Dokumamushi
Yoshi
Kihachi Okamoto
Assistant Director
Chôshichirô Mikami
Sound Recordist
Kuichirô Kishida
Lighting Technician
Katsuro Yamada
Author
Hiroshi Kondō
Junpei Natsuki
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Wiki.
Aoi Shinju (Japanese: 青い真珠, lit. 'The Blue Pearl') is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda, his first feature film. The story is based on Umi no haien (lit. 'The Decedent Paradise of the Sea''). It is about a pearl divers and is filmed in a semi-documentary style. The film was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd in Japan on August 3, 1951.