The Big Wave (1961)
73 min
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.
- Release date
- April 2, 1961
- Country of origin
- Japan, United States
Cast
- Sessue Hayakawa as The Old Man
- Jūzō Itami as Toru
- Mickey Curtis as Yukio
- Kôji Shitara as Toru as a Boy
- Hiroyuki Ōta as Yukio as a Boy
- Rumiko Sasa as Setsu
- Judy Ongg as Setsu as a Girl
- Reiko Higa as Haruko
- Sachiko Atami as Haruko as a Girl
- Heihachirō Ōkawa as Yukio's Father
Crew
- Tad Danielewski · Director
- Pearl S. Buck · Writer
- Tad Danielewski · Writer
- Tad Danielewski · Producer
- Toshirō Mayuzumi · Composer
- Kazuo Yamazaki · Cinematographer
- Akikazu Kōno · Editor