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.

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Nishida

Yukiko Shimazaki

Noe

Yuriko Hamada

Riu

Takashi Shimura

Fujiki

R

Reizaburo Yamamoto

Kan Yanagiya

Shintaro

Bokuzen Hidari

Riu's father

Kokuten Kōdō

Noe's uncle

Yuriko Hanabusa

Noriko Honma

Riu's mother