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The Big Wave

NR 1961 Drama · 1h 13m

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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Released

April 2, 1961,

Director

Tad Danielewski

Cast

Jūzō Itami, Mickey Curtis, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Chieko Murata, Sessue Hayakawa, Rumiko Sasa

Genre

Drama

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