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    The Big Wave

    73'

    1961-04-02

    10

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingTad DanielewskiDirectingTad Danielewski

    Cast

    2

    Toru

    Jūzō Itami

    2

    Yukio

    Mickey Curtis

    1

    Yukio's Father

    Heihachirō Ōkawa

    1

    Yukio's mother

    Chieko Murata

    1

    The Old Man

    Sessue Hayakawa

    1

    Setsu

    Rumiko Sasa

    1

    Haruko

    Reiko Higa

    2

    Toru's mother

    Noriko Sengoku

    1

    Toru as a boy

    Kōji Shitara

    1

    Yukio as a Boy

    Hiroyuki Ôta

    2

    Setsu as a girl

    Judy Ongg

    1

    Haruko as a girl

    Sachiko Atami

    1

    Toru's Father

    Tetsu Nakamura

    1

    Frank Tokunaga

    1

    Servant

    Shigeru Nihonmatsu

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
      2. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. TOHO
      2. Stratton Productions
      3. Allied Artists
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.5639
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Big Wave

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