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Typhoon Club
“We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!”
6.5 / 10• 1985• 1h 55m•NR• Japanese
Drama
Storyline
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.
Cast & Crew
Tomokazu Miura
Teacher Umemiya
Lead
Yuichi Mikami
Kyoichi Mikami
Shigeru Benibayashi
Ken Shimizu
Toshiyuki Matsunaga
Akira Yamada
Youki Kudoh
Rie Takami
Yuka Ônishi
Michiko Omachi
Tomoko Aizawa
Yasuko Miyata
Ryuko Tendoh
Yumi Mori
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shinji Sōmai's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Typhoon Club is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
