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