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Mermaid Legend is a film of genre Drama directed by Toshiharu Ikeda with Mari Shirato

Mermaid Legend (1984)

Mermaid Legend
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Length 1h50
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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Horror,    Crime
Rating67% 3.3880553.3880553.3880553.3880553.388055

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.

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 revenge his death.

Actors

Mari Shirato

(Migiwa Saeki)Seiji Miyaguchi

(Tatsuo)Junko Miyashita

(Natsuko)
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