The Big Wave

The story

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

J Jūzō ItamiToru M Mickey CurtisYukio H Heihachirō ŌkawaYukio's Father C Chieko MurataYukio's mother S Sessue HayakawaThe Old Man R Rumiko SasaSetsu R Reiko HigaHaruko N Noriko SengokuToru's mother K Kōji ShitaraToru as a boy H Hiroyuki ÔtaYukio as a Boy J Judy OnggSetsu as a girl S Sachiko AtamiHaruko as a girl

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T Tetsu NakamuraToru's Father F Frank Tokunaga S Shigeru NihonmatsuServant