
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.
- Year: 1961
- Country: Japan, United States of America
- Genre: Drama
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- Director: Tad Danielewski
- Cast: Jūzō Itami, Mickey Curtis, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Chieko Murata, Sessue Hayakawa, Rumiko Sasa