
MovieDrama
The Big Wave
10.0(1)19611h 13m
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.
- Director
- Tad Danielewski
- Created by
- Pearl S. Buck
- Writers
- Tad Danielewski,Pearl S. Buck
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Cast

Jūzō Itami
Toru

Mickey Curtis
Yukio

Heihachirō Ōkawa
Yukio's Father

Chieko Murata
Yukio's mother

Sessue Hayakawa
The Old Man

Rumiko Sasa
Setsu

Reiko Higa
Haruko

Noriko Sengoku
Toru's mother

Kōji Shitara
Toru as a boy

Hiroyuki Ôta
Yukio as a Boy

Judy Ongg
Setsu as a girl
Sachiko Atami
Haruko as a girl

Tetsu Nakamura
Toru's Father
Frank Tokunaga
Shigeru Nihonmatsu
Servant
Crew
Directing
- Tad DanielewskiDirector
Writing
- Tad DanielewskiScreenplay
- Pearl S. BuckNovel
- Pearl S. BuckScreenplay
Production
- Tad DanielewskiProducer
- Masayuki NakajimaProduction Supervisor
- Clark L. PaylowProduction Manager
- Pearl S. BuckExecutive Producer
Camera
- Kazuo YamasakiDirector of Photography
Editing
- Akikazu KonoEditor
Sound
- Hidejiro YotsieSound Recordist
- Michio OkazakiSound Recordist
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Itsuro HirataArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Haruhiko YamadaMakeup Artist