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The Big Wave (1961)

NR ★ 0.0/10 73 min Drama Japan, United States English
Screenplay by: Tad Danielewski
Novel: Pearl S. Buck
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami Toru
Mickey Curtis
Mickey Curtis Yukio
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Heihachirō Ōkawa Yukio's Father
Chieko Murata
Chieko Murata Yukio's mother
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa The Old Man
Rumiko Sasa
Rumiko Sasa Setsu
Reiko Higa
Reiko Higa Haruko
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku Toru's mother

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