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The Big Wave

10.019611h 13mNRMovieDrama

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…

DirectorTad Danielewski
WritersTad Danielewski·Pearl S. Buck
ProducersPearl S. Buck·Tad Danielewski

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Cast · Directed by Tad Danielewski

JIJūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Toru
MCMickey Curtis
Mickey Curtis
Yukio
HŌHeihachirō Ōkawa
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Yukio's Father
CMChieko Murata
Chieko Murata
Yukio's mother
SHSessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
The Old Man
RSRumiko Sasa
Rumiko Sasa
Setsu
RHReiko Higa
Reiko Higa
Haruko
NSNoriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
Toru's mother
KSKōji Shitara
Kōji Shitara
Toru as a boy
HÔHiroyuki Ôta
Hiroyuki Ôta
Yukio as a Boy
JOJudy Ongg
Judy Ongg
Setsu as a girl
SA
Sachiko Atami
Haruko as a girl

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