Typhoon Club

"We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!"

1985 1h 55m JA

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 72

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!”

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Cast

Tomokazu Miura
Teacher Umemiya
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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinji Sōmai
Writers: Yuji Kato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shinji Sōmai, shot by Akihiro Itō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shigeaki Saegusa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tomokazu Miura and Yuichi Mikami and Shigeru Benibayashi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0088222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shinji Sōmai directs. Akihiro Itō behind the camera. Shigeaki Saegusa scores. Isao Tomita cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Shinji Sōmai, shot by Akihiro Itō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Shigeaki Saegusa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tomokazu Miura and Yuichi Mikami and Shigeru Benibayashi carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!".
8IMDB entry: tt0088222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "depression", "adolescence", "nihilism", "classroom".