The Big Wave
1961 | 73m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Tad Danielewski |
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| Writer: | Tad Danielewski, Pearl S. Buck |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 02, 1961 |
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| Director: | Tad Danielewski |
| Writer: | Tad Danielewski, Pearl S. Buck |
| Genres: | Drama |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jūzō Itami | Toru |
| Mickey Curtis | Yukio |
| Heihachirō Ōkawa | Yukio's Father |
| Chieko Murata | Yukio's mother |
| Sessue Hayakawa | The Old Man |
| Rumiko Sasa | Setsu |
| Reiko Higa | Haruko |
| Noriko Sengoku | Toru's mother |
| Kōji Shitara | Toru as a boy |
| Hiroyuki Ôta | Yukio as a Boy |
| Judy Ongg | Setsu as a girl |
| Sachiko Atami | Haruko as a girl |
| Tetsu Nakamura | Toru's Father |
| Frank Tokunaga | |
| Shigeru Nihonmatsu | Servant |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tad Danielewski | Director, Screenplay |
| Pearl S. Buck | Novel |
| Toshirō Mayuzumi | Music |
| Kazuo Yamasaki | Director of Photography |
| Akikazu Kono | Editor |
| Itsuro Hirata | Art Direction |
| Haruhiko Yamada | Makeup Artist |
| Clark L. Paylow | Production Manager |
| Masayuki Nakajima | Production Supervisor |
| Michio Okazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Hidejiro Yotsie | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
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| Pearl S. Buck | Executive Producer |
| Tad Danielewski | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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