This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb

TMDb Logo
Movies
  • Home
  • Discover
  • Login
Poster image of The Big Wave

The Big Wave

Movie
0
Rating
(0 votes)
1h 13m
Runtime
1961
Released
2
Popularity

Genres

Drama

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.

Status

Released

Original Title

The Big Wave

Release Date

1961-04-02

Languages

English

Directors

Tad Danielewski

Writers

Tad DanielewskiScreenplay

Cast

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Toru

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Yukio

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Yukio's Father

Chieko Murata

Chieko Murata

Yukio's mother

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

The Old Man

Rumiko Sasa

Rumiko Sasa

Setsu

Where to watch

No services available for this region

Powered byJustWatchviaTMDB API
IMDbTMDB
Reiko Higa

Reiko Higa

Haruko

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Toru's mother

Kōji Shitara

Kōji Shitara

Toru as a boy

Hiroyuki Ôta

Hiroyuki Ôta

Yukio as a Boy

Judy Ongg

Judy Ongg

Setsu as a girl

Sachiko Atami

Haruko as a girl

Tetsu Nakamura

Tetsu Nakamura

Toru's Father

Frank Tokunaga

Shigeru Nihonmatsu

Servant