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| Mermaid Legend | |
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| Directed by | Toshiharu Ikeda |
| Screenplay by | Takuya Nishioka |
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| Cinematography | Yonezou Maeda |
| Music by | Toshiyuki Honda |
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| Distributed by | ATG |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Mermaid Legend (Japanese: 人魚伝説, Hepburn: Ningyo Densetsu) is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. The film won three awards at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival.
Synopsis
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ 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.
External links
[edit]- Mermaid Legend at IMDb
- Mermaid Legend at Allcinema.net
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