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The Big Wave

  • 19611961
  • 1h 13m
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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... Read allYukio, 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 h... Read allYukio, 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 ... Read all
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    • Tad Danielewski
    • Pearl S. Buck(novel)
    • Tad Danielewski
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    • Sessue Hayakawa
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Mickey Curtis
    • Tad Danielewski
    • Pearl S. Buck(novel)
    • Tad Danielewski
  • Stars
    • Sessue Hayakawa
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Mickey Curtis
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    Sessue Hayakawa
    Sessue Hayakawa
    • The Old Man
    Jûzô Itami
    Jûzô Itami
    • Toru
    • (as Ichizo Atami)
    Mickey Curtis
    • Yukio
    Kôji Shitara
    Kôji Shitara
    • Toru as a Boy
    Hiroyuki Ôta
    • Yukio as a Boy
    Rumiko Sasa
    • Setsu
    Judy Ongg
    Judy Ongg
    • Setsu as a Girl
    Reiko Higa
    Reiko Higa
    • Haruko
    Sachiko Atami
    • Haruko as a Girl
    Heihachirô Ôkawa
    • Yukio's Father
    Chieko Murata
    • Yukio's Mother
    Tetsu Nakamura
    • Toru's Father
    Frank Tokunaga
    • Toru's Grandfather
    Shigeru Nihonmatsu
    • Old Servant
    Noriko Sengoku
    Noriko Sengoku
    • Toru's Mother
      • Tad Danielewski
      • Pearl S. Buck(novel) (screenplay)
      • Tad Danielewski
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      Be Ready at Dawn
      Words and Music by Tad Danielewski and Toshirô Mayuzumi

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      • April 2, 1961 (United States)
      • United States
      • Japan
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      • Stratton Productions Inc.
      • Toho Company
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    • 1 hour 13 minutes
      • Black and White

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