The Blue Pearl
97 mins
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.
Bokuzen Hidari
Riu's father
Noriko Honma
Riu's mother
Takashi Matsuyama
Production Design
Tadashi Iimura
Director of Photography
Tadashi Hattori
Music
Katsuro Yamada
Author
Chôshichirô Mikami
Sound Recordist
