Wind and waves of the South

Wind and waves of the South (1961)

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...

Director: Buichi Saitō
Writer: Takehiro Nakajima

Casts

	Hiroyuki Ôta as Kazuo Morozumi
	Mitsuo Hamada as Shinji
	Yōko Minamida as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
	Jūkichi Uno as Aikichi, Kazuo's father
	Kayo Matsuo as Sugiko
	Chōko Iida as Riki
	Eijirō Tōno as Genji
	Masako Izumi as Miyoko
	Yumi Takano as Sueno
	Hiroshi Ishii as Nobuo, Kazuo's younger brother
	Nobuo Kawakami as Yazō
	Kotoe Hatsui as Fusyo
	Nobuo Kaneko as Kihei
	Zenji Yamada as Shimadachi
	Toyo Fukuda as Haru
	Fumio Ōmachi as Kinsaku
	Michio Hino as Rinkichi
	Arihiro Fujimura as Sewing machine salesperson
	Kenji Kawai as Professor
	Ikuko Kimuro as Teacher
	Rikiya Kinugasa as Butcher
	Shingo Ishioka as Man from Abekku
	Kyoko Natsu as Urban woman

Crew