The Big Wave (1961)

Handling

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.

Medvirkende

• 伊丹十三Toru
• 五十嵐信次郎Yukio
• ヘンリー大川Yukio's Father
• 村田知栄子Yukio's mother
• Sessue HayakawaThe Old Man
• 笹るみ子Setsu
• Reiko HigaHaruko
• 千石規子Toru's mother
• 設楽幸嗣Toru as a boy
• 太田博之Yukio as a Boy
• ジュディ・オングSetsu as a girl
• Sachiko AtamiHaruko as a girl
• 中村哲Toru's Father
• Frank Tokunaga
• Shigeru NihonmatsuServant