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The Big Wave (1961)

NR | Apr 02, 1961 (JP) | Drama | 01:13

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.

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Screenplay, Producer, Director
Original Music Composer
Executive Producer, Novel
Editor
Director of Photography
Production Manager
Art Direction
Production Supervisor
Makeup Artist
Sound Recordist

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Heihachirō Ōkawa
Yukio's Father
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Chieko Murata
Yukio's mother
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Sessue Hayakawa
The Old Man
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Reiko Higa
Haruko
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Noriko Sengoku
Toru's mother
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Kōji Shitara
Toru as a boy
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Hiroyuki Ôta
Yukio as a Boy

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