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The Blue Pearl

Ishirō Honda

1951 • 1h 37m

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-bo...

The Blue Pearl

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō IkebeNishida

Yukiko Shimazaki

Yukiko ShimazakiNoe

Yuriko Hamada

Yuriko HamadaRiu

Takashi Shimura

Takashi ShimuraFujiki

Reizaburo Yamamoto

Kan Yanagiya

Kan YanagiyaShintaro

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen HidariRiu's father

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten KōdōNoe's uncle

Yuriko Hanabusa

Yuriko Hanabusa

Noriko Honma

Noriko HonmaRiu's mother

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko MiyoshiNoe's aunt

Yoshiko Hirose

Kazuko Igarashi

Crew

Ishirō Honda

Ishirō HondaDirector

Sōjirō Motoki

Sōjirō MotokiProducer

Kuichiro Kishida

Kuichiro KishidaLighting Technician

Kihachi Okamoto

Kihachi OkamotoAssistant Director

Iwao Mori

Iwao MoriExecutive Producer

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The Blue Pearl (1951) — Backlot Notes