The read
It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Tad DanielewskiScreenplay
- Tad DanielewskiDirector
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Pearl S. BuckScreenplay
Cast
- Jūzō ItamiToru
- Mickey CurtisYukio
- Heihachirō ŌkawaYukio's Father
- Chieko MurataYukio's mother
- Sessue HayakawaThe Old Man
- Rumiko SasaSetsu
- Reiko HigaHaruko
- Noriko SengokuToru's mother
- Kōji ShitaraToru as a boy
- Hiroyuki ÔtaYukio as a Boy
- Judy OnggSetsu as a girl
- Sachiko AtamiHaruko as a girl