Aoi Shinjuu
Movie
青い真珠
1951/08/03
Speech duration
49min
Word count5,338
Unique words1,415
Words (1-occurrence)854
Unique kanji611
Kanji (1-occurrence)262
Speech speed
270
Difficulty Hard
External Rating
75 %

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.

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