The Big Wave 1961
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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.
- Released: 1961-04-02
- Runtime: 73 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Jūzō Itami, Mickey Curtis, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Chieko Murata, Sessue Hayakawa
- Director: Toshirō Mayuzumi, Haruhiko Yamada, Hidejiro Yotsie, Tad Danielewski, Masayuki Nakajima
