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Typhoon Club

Typhoon Club

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

19856.51h 55m

Overview

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.

Directed by Shinji Sōmai
Written by Yuji Kato
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Top Cast

Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Rie Takami

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Yuichi Mikami

Kyoichi Mikami

Yuka Ônishi

Yuka Ônishi

Michiko Omachi

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Teacher Umemiya

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Okabe

Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Katsue Yagisawa

Kaori Kobayashi

Kaori Kobayashi

Junko Yagisawa

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Kobayashi

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Ken's Father

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Hideo

Themes & Keywords

depressionadolescencenihilismclassroompessimismjunior high schooltyphoonteenage angstjapanese junior high schooler

About Typhoon Club

Typhoon Club is a drama film released in 1985 exploring themes of depression, adolescence, nihilism, classroom, pessimism, junior high school. Directed by Shinji Sōmai, it stars Youki Kudoh, Yuichi Mikami, Yuka Ônishi. 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.

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