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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.

Mermaid Legend
Directed by	Toshiharu Ikeda
Screenplay by	Takuya Nishioka
Starring	Mari Shirato Junko Miyashita
Cinematography	Yonezou Maeda
Music by	Toshiyuki Honda
Production company	Director's Company
Distributed by	ATG
Release date	April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)
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 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

External links

• Mermaid Legend at IMDb
• Mermaid Legend at Allcinema.net

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