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The Big Wave
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.
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Cast
Jūzō ItamiToru
Mickey CurtisYukio
Heihachirō ŌkawaYukio's Father
Chieko MurataYukio's mother
Sessue HayakawaThe Old Man
Rumiko SasaSetsu
Reiko HigaHaruko
Noriko SengokuToru's mother
Kōji ShitaraToru as a boy
Hiroyuki ÔtaYukio as a Boy
Judy OnggSetsu as a girl- Sachiko AtamiHaruko as a girl
Tetsu NakamuraToru's Father- Frank Tokunaga
Details
- Director
- Tad Danielewski
- Writers
- Tad Danielewski, Pearl S. Buck
- Release date
- April 2, 1961
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- TOHO, Stratton Productions, Allied Artists
