Mermaid Legend
1984 Japanese film
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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.
Directed byToshiharu Ikeda
Screenplay byTakuya Nishioka
StarringMari Shirato
Junko Miyashita
Junko Miyashita
CinematographyYonezou Maeda
| Mermaid Legend | |
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| Directed by | Toshiharu Ikeda |
| Screenplay by | Takuya Nishioka |
| Starring | Mari Shirato Junko Miyashita |
| Cinematography | Yonezou Maeda |
| Music by | Toshiyuki Honda |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ATG |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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 Natsukoß
- 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