Wind and waves of the South (1961)
母ぁちゃん、海が知ってるよ
Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...
- Date of release
- 1961-11-19
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Buichi Saitō
Casting
- Hiroyuki Ôta — Kazuo Morozumi
- Mitsuo Hamada — Shinji
- Yōko Minamida — Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
- Jūkichi Uno — Aikichi, Kazuo's father
- Kayo Matsuo — Sugiko
- Chōko Iida — Riki
- Eijirō Tōno — Genji
- Masako Izumi — Miyoko
- Yumi Takano — Sueno
- Hiroshi Ishii — Nobuo, Kazuo's younger brother
- Nobuo Kawakami — Yazō
- Kotoe Hatsui — Fusyo
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