The Surf

Oct 10, 1975

1h 33m

★ 6.0

Overview

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

TOHO

Horipro

The Surf Trailers

Cast

Hatsue Miyata

Momoe Yamaguchi

Shinji Kubo

Tomokazu Miura

A light house keeper

Ichirō Arishima

Wife of a light house keeper

Keiko Tsushima

Yoshirō Aoki

Tokue Hanazawa

Kotoe Hatsui

Atsushi Kawaguchi

Mihoko Nakagawa

Hisayuki Nakajima

Takeya Nakamura

Haruo Tanaka

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