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The Big Wave

The Big Wave

Drama

1h 13m

April 2, 1961 (64 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Toru

Birthday: May 15, 1933

27 December 20, 1997 (64)
Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Yukio

Birthday: July 23, 1938

2287
Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Yukio's Father

Birthday: September 9, 1905

55 May 27, 1971 (65)
Chieko Murata

Chieko Murata

Yukio's mother

Birthday: February 28, 1915

46110
Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

The Old Man

Birthday: June 10, 1889

71 November 23, 1973 (84)
Rumiko Sasa

Rumiko Sasa

Setsu

Birthday: -

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Reiko Higa

Reiko Higa

Haruko

Birthday: -

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Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Toru's mother

Birthday: May 29, 1922

38 December 27, 2012 (90)
Kōji Shitara

Kōji Shitara

Toru as a boy

Birthday: June 4, 1946

1479
Hiroyuki Ôta

Hiroyuki Ôta

Yukio as a Boy

Birthday: November 25, 1947

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