Mermaid Legend

1984 Japanese film

April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)

Running time

110 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Mermaid Legend (人魚伝説, Ningyo Densetsu) is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. At the 6th Yokohama Film Festival it won three awards.

Synopsis

When a fisherman stands in the way of an industrial scheme, the business developers have him murdered. His wife Migiwa, a pearl diver, plots to avenge his death.

Cast

Mari Shirato as Migiwa Saeki
Jun Etō (江藤潤) as Saeki Keisuke
Kentarō Shimizu as Miyamoto Shouhei
Seiji Miyaguchi as Tatsuo
Junko Miyashita as Natsuko
Yoshirō Aoki (青木義朗) as Terumasa Miyamoto
Takashi Kanda (神田隆) as Lawyer Hanaoka
Hiroko Seki (関弘子) as Nobu

Awards and nominations

6th Yokohama Film Festival.^[1]^[2]

Won: Best Director - Toshiharu Ikeda
Won: Best Actress - Mari Shirato
Won: Best Cinematography - Yonezou Maeda
4th Best Film

References

^ 第６回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８４年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
^ １９８４年度日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2011-01-07.