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75% Critic Match
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
7.5 / 10• 1948• 1h 8m•NR• Japanese
CrimeDrama
Storyline
Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
Cast & Crew
Setsuko Hara
Kuriko Sato
Lead
Jun Usami
Amano
So Yamamura
Kijima
Eijirō Tōno
Yoshii
Isamu Yamaguchi
Kataoka
Takashi Kanda
Suzuki
Fuyuki Murakami
Takeda
KK
Kamon Kawamura
Maki
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hideo Ōba's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Woman in the Typhoon Area is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
