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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Tad Danielewski
as
Screenplay
Pearl S. Buck
as
Novel
Pearl S. Buck
as
Executive Producer
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Tad Danielewski
as
Producer
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Kazuo Yamasaki
as
Director of Photography
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Akikazu Kono
as
Editor
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Itsuro Hirata
as
Art Direction
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Haruhiko Yamada
as
Makeup Artist
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Clark L. Paylow
as
Production Manager
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Masayuki Nakajima
as
Production Supervisor
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Michio Okazaki
as
Sound Recordist
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Hidejiro Yotsie
as
Sound Recordist