Jūzō Itami
Toru
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 | 1961-04-02 |
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Runtime | 1h 13m |
Directors | Tad Danielewski, Kazuo Yamasaki |
Producers | Pearl S. Buck, Tad Danielewski |
Writers | Tad Danielewski, Pearl S. Buck |