Movielogr
The Big Wave (1961)
Directed by Tad Danielewski
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.
Rated NR | Length 73 minutes
Actors
Sessue Hayakawa | Mickey Curtis | Juzo Itami | Noriko Sengoku | Tetsu Nakamura | Kôji Shitara | Judy Ongg | Heihachirô Ôkawa | Chieko Murata | Reiko Higa | Hiroyuki Ôta | Sachiko Atami | Rumiko Sasa | Frank Tokunaga | Shigeru Nihonmatsu