The Big Wave (1961)

10.0/10 • 73 min • Drama

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.

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

Tetsu Nakamura

Toru's Father

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