The Blue Pearl
(1951)
★ 7.5 IMDb · 2 votes
Year: 1951
Runtime: 97 мин
Country: Japan
Director: Исиро Хонда
Cast: Рё Икэбэ, 島崎雪子, 浜田百合子, Такаси Симура, 山本礼三郎, 柳谷寛, 左卜全, 高堂国典, 英百合子, Норико Хомма
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.