The Big Wave

(1961)

★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1961

Runtime: 73 мин

Country: Japan, United States of America

Director: Tad Danielewski

Cast: Дзюдзо Итами, Мики Кёртис, ヘンリー大川, 村田知栄子, Sessue Hayakawa, 笹るみ子, Reiko Higa, 千石規子, 設楽幸嗣, 太田博之

Plot

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.