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.
as Nishida
as Noe
as Riu
as Fujiki
as Shintaro
as Riu's father
as Noe's uncle
as Riu's mother
as Noe's aunt
as Yanagiya
as Yoshi
