The Big Wave

1961 · 73 min · DramaNR

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on the other. Yukio's younger sister Setsu follows then and dreams of becoming a pearl diver. Toru is preparing to go fishing with his father when a bell tolls and a danger flag is hung high on the hill behind the village to warn of an impending tidal wave by the village patriarch, known as Old Gentleman.

Director: Tad Danielewski
Writers: Tad Danielewski, Pearl S. Buck
Released: April 2, 1961
Language: English

Cast

Jūzō Itami
Toru
Mickey Curtis
Yukio
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Yukio's Father
Chieko Murata
Yukio's mother
Sessue Hayakawa
The Old Man
Rumiko Sasa
Setsu
Reiko Higa
Haruko
Noriko Sengoku
Toru's mother
Kōji Shitara
Toru as a boy
Hiroyuki Ôta
Yukio as a Boy
Judy Ongg
Setsu as a girl
Sachiko Atami
Haruko as a girl

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