Typhoon Club (film)

Typhoon Club
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji台風クラブ
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTaifū kurabu
Directed byShinji Sōmai
Written byYuji Kato
Produced bySusumu Miyasaka
StarringYuka Onishi
Tomokazu Miura
CinematographyAkihiro Itô
Edited byIsao Tomita
Music byShigeaki Saegusa
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • August 31, 1985 (1985-08-31) (Japan)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Typhoon Club (Japanese: 台風クラブ, Hepburn: Taifū Kurabu) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai. The film is about a group of young kids that get trapped inside their school during a large storm.

Cast

Plot

The film follows the lives of a group of middle school classmates in a small town outside of Tokyo. Set over the course of a week, it shows the different backgrounds and dynamics between the students and the teacher while hinting at a forecast of a major typhoon. Their teacher, Umemiya (Miura), has a somewhat close relationship with the rebellious students. Rie and Mikami seem to be in a relationship but it is strained when Mikami reveals that he will be leaving town to study in a high school in Tokyo. Ken, who lives with his alcoholic father, has a crush on Michiko but is cruel to her and burns her back during a science class. Two girls, Yumi and Yasuko, share a secret relationship.

On the day it starts raining, Rie runs away from home to go to the city while a few of the students get locked up inside the campus. She spends the day with Kobayashi, a young man who claims to be a college student, but decides against staying the night with him in order to get home. However, she gets stuck in the city when the storm causes the trains to shut down. Back on campus, Mikami tries to reach out to Rie's parents and Umemiya, but none of the adults seem worried about the teens or offer any help to rescue them from the storm. Previously stressed about his and his peers' situation, Mikami ultimately joins his friends as they find joy in the typhoon-stricken school. Later, meditating on his question about life and death, he asks his friends to witness his death and continue living as he jumps from a classroom window.

Rie returns to town the next day and finds Akira, who tells her the school is closed. They walk together towards the school building across the flooded campus.

Production

Yuka Ohnishi said she actually wore skin-colored underwear in the scene where students are dancing naked in the middle of a typhoon.[1]

Release

The world premiere of a 4K restoration took place at Japan Society on April 27, 2023.[2]

Awards and nominations

7th Yokohama Film Festival[3]

1st Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix

10th Hochi Film Award[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "大西結花デビュー35周年、「あのときSNSがあれば」事務所社長"失踪騒動"の真実". www.jprime.jp. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Typhoon Club - Japan Society". japansociety.org. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ↑ 第７回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８５年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  4. ↑ １９８５年度 日本映画ベストテン (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  5. ↑ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-01-09.


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