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.
Cast
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
Unknown
Shigeru Nihonmatsu
Servant
Crew
Tad Danielewski
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Pearl S. Buck
Novel, Executive Producer
Akikazu Kono
Editor
Kazuo Yamasaki
Director of Photography
Masayuki Nakajima
Production Supervisor
Haruhiko Yamada
Makeup Artist
Hidejiro Yotsie
Sound Recordist
Michio Okazaki
Sound Recordist
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Clark L. Paylow
Production Manager
Itsuro Hirata
Art Direction