The Big Wave
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.
Top Billed Cast
Jūzō Itami
Toru
Mickey Curtis
Yukio
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Yukio's Father
Chieko Murata
Yukio's mother
Sessue Hayakawa
The Old Man
Featured Crew
Hidejiro Yotsie
Sound Recordist
Michio Okazaki
Sound Recordist
Itsuro Hirata
Art Direction
Clark L. Paylow
Production Manager
Tad Danielewski
Screenplay
Haruhiko Yamada
Makeup Artist
Pearl S. Buck
Executive Producer
Akikazu Kono
Editor
Pearl S. Buck
Novel
Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography
Tad Danielewski
Producer
Masayuki Nakajima
Production Supervisor