The Big Wave

The Big Wave

0 | 1961-04-02 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Tad Danielewski Screenplay
Pearl S. Buck Novel
Pearl S. Buck Executive Producer
Tad Danielewski Producer
Toshirō Mayuzumi Music
Kazuo Yamasaki Director of Photography
Akikazu Kono Editor
Itsuro Hirata Art Direction
Haruhiko Yamada Makeup Artist
Clark L. Paylow Production Manager

Cast

Heihachirō Ōkawa
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Yukio's Father
Chieko Murata
Chieko Murata
Yukio's mother
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
The Old Man
Reiko Higa
Reiko Higa
Haruko
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
Toru's mother
Kōji Shitara
Kōji Shitara
Toru as a boy
Hiroyuki Ôta
Hiroyuki Ôta
Yukio as a Boy

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