Mermaid Legend
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Mermaid Legend

(1984)Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda110 minThriller, Crime, Drama

Migiwa (Mari Shirato) is an abalone diver on a Japanese fishing coast, working the cold water alongside her husband Shouhei (Kentarō Shimizu). Their livelihood comes under threat when ruthless investors move in to take over the shoreline they have worked for years. Toshiharu Ikeda directs, and the film took three awards at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival.

Mari Shiratoas Migiwa Saeki
Kentarō Shimizuas Shouhei Miyamoto
Jun Etohas Keisuke Saeki
Junko Miyashitaas Natsuko
Yoshirō Aokias Terumasa Miyamoto
Takashi Kandaas Lawyer Daiji Hanaoka
Hiroshi Shimizuas Terumasa's Right-Hand Man
Hyōe Enokias President of the Fishery Cooperative
Shuntarō Emias Mayor
Taizo Mizamura
Fumitaka Kobayashi
Takashi Yano
Daisuke Suzuki