The Big Wave (1961)
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.
- 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