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Revenge of the Pearl Queen is a film of genre Drama with Michiko Maeda
Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956)
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Add to a movie listRevenge of the Pearl Queen (女真珠王の復讐, Ona shinju-ō no fukushū) is a 1956 Japanese thriller film directed by Toshio Shimura and starring Michiko Maeda. This film was one of the earliest Japanese films featuring nudity.
Synopsis
Yoshio Kizaki is framed for murder and theft by his corrupt boss Kenji Asamura. When Natsuki Kagawa, Kizaki's lover who works for the same boss, discovers the plot on a sea voyage, Asamura throws her overboard. Natsuki is washed up on an island where she is rescued by a group of shipwrecked sailors. Fending off the lecherous sailors, she dives for pearls in the surrounding waters and eventually amasses a fortune which she uses to free her lover from prison.Actors
Michiko Maeda
(Natsuki Kagawa / The Pearl Queen)
Ken Utsui
(Yoshio KIzaki)
Shigeru Amachi
(Yûzô Yamauchi)
Susumu Fujita
(Kenji Asamura)
Tetsurō Tanba
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