The Big Wave (1961)

NR 04/02/1961 (US) Drama 1h 13m
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Overview

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.

  1. Tad Danielewski

    Director, Screenplay

  2. Pearl S. Buck

    Novel

Top Billed Cast

  1. Jūzō Itami

    Jūzō Itami

    Toru

  2. Mickey Curtis

    Mickey Curtis

    Yukio

  3. Heihachirō Ōkawa

    Heihachirō Ōkawa

    Yukio's Father

  4. Chieko Murata

    Chieko Murata

    Yukio's mother

  5. Sessue Hayakawa

    Sessue Hayakawa

    The Old Man

  6. Rumiko Sasa

    Rumiko Sasa

    Setsu

  7. Reiko Higa

    Reiko Higa

    Haruko

  8. Noriko Sengoku

    Noriko Sengoku

    Toru's mother

  9. Kôji Shitara

    Kôji Shitara

    Toru as a boy

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Original Language English

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