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.
Takashi Matsuyama | Production Design |
Tadashi Iimura | Director of Photography |
Ishirō Honda | Director |
Sōjirō Motoki | Producer |
Ishirō Honda | Writer |
Tadashi Hattori | Music |
Katsuro Yamada | Author |
Kihachi Okamoto | Assistant Director |
Chôshichirô Mikami | Sound Recordist |
Kuichirô Kishida | Lighting Technician |