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A Woman in the Typhoon Area

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

19485.01h 8m

Overview

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.

Directed by Hideo Ōba
Written by Ruiju Yanagisawa, Ryuichiro Yagi
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Top Cast

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Kuriko Sato

Jun Usami

Jun Usami

Amano

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Kijima

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Yoshii

Isamu Yamaguchi

Isamu Yamaguchi

Kataoka

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Suzuki

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Takeda

K

Kamon Kawamura

Maki

Keijirō Morozumi

Keijirō Morozumi

Noguchi

I

Ikuo Kogiso

Yamane

Themes & Keywords

metereologistweather servicepirate gangpiracyremote islandtyphoonweather report

About A Woman in the Typhoon Area

A Woman in the Typhoon Area is a crime, drama film released in 1948 exploring themes of metereologist, weather service, pirate gang, piracy, remote island, typhoon. Directed by Hideo Ōba, it stars Setsuko Hara, Jun Usami, So Yamamura. 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.

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