The Big Wave

The Big Wave

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 2, 1961

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Big Wave

Director

Tad Danielewski

Description

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.