Film

Wind and waves of the South

1961 · 1h 37m · Drama

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...

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

Nobuo Kaneko

Kihei

Zenji Yamada

Shimadachi

Toyo Fukuda

Haru

Fumio Ōmachi

Kinsaku

• Buichi SaitōDirector
• Takehiro NakajimaScreenplay
• Kuratarō TakamuraDirector of Photography
• Taichiro KosugiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 19, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama