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.

• Tad DanielewskiScreenplay
• Tad DanielewskiDirector
• Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer

• 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