The Big Wave
movie

Released April 02, 1961
Genres:
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.
Cast

Jūzō Itami
as
Toru

Mickey Curtis
as
Yukio

Heihachirō Ōkawa
as
Yukio's Father

Chieko Murata
as
Yukio's mother

Sessue Hayakawa
as
The Old Man

Rumiko Sasa
as
Setsu

Reiko Higa
as
Haruko

Noriko Sengoku
as
Toru's mother

Kōji Shitara
as
Toru as a boy

Hiroyuki Ôta
as
Yukio as a Boy

Judy Ongg
as
Setsu as a girl
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Sachiko Atami
as
Haruko as a girl
Crew
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Haruhiko Yamada
as
Makeup Artist
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Hidejiro Yotsie
as
Sound Recordist
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Tad Danielewski
as
Producer
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Masayuki Nakajima
as
Production Supervisor
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Itsuro Hirata
as
Art Direction
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Clark L. Paylow
as
Production Manager
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Michio Okazaki
as
Sound Recordist
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Akikazu Kono
as
Editor
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Tad Danielewski
as
Screenplay

Pearl S. Buck
as
Executive Producer

Pearl S. Buck
as
Novel
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Kazuo Yamasaki
as
Director of Photography