Descripción momentánea en inglés: Though recognized worldwide almost exclusively for his colorful kaiju fare, director Ishirō Honda (Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra) was a natural humanist with a particular understanding of the relationship between people and their social environs. His debut fiction feature, The Blue Pearl (Aoi Shinju) – virtually unseen in the west until now – depicts the melodramatic, but keenly-observed 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. Nonetheless, Honda provides equal weight to their desires and their ambitions to break free from the social mold imposed upon them from birth. For fans of Honda’s sci-fi output, the film is also notable for a number of elements that directly pre-empt the original Godzilla, from the Odo Island-esque coastal cliffs, to a dance ritual involving some familiar ceremonial masks, to copious talk of a mythical Dragon God. Rip and English subtitles thanks to Allen Perkins.
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