The Big Wave (1961) — drama film. Directed by Tad Danielewski. Starring Jūzō Itami, Mickey Curtis, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Chieko Murata. This page maps 7 characters and 9 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A coastal community faces natural disaster, personal loss, and romantic entanglements before rebuilding with renewed wisdom.
Drama · 10/10 · 73 min · 1961
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.
