Typhoon Club (film)

Typhoon Club (Japanese: 台風クラブ, Hepburn: Taifū Kurabu) is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai.

Typhoon Club
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	台風クラブ
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Taifū kurabu
Directed by	Shinji Sōmai
Written by	Yuji Kato
Produced by	Susumu Miyasaka
Starring	Yuka Onishi Tomokazu Miura
Cinematography	Akihiro Itô
Edited by	Isao Tomita
Music by	Shigeaki Saegusa
Production company	Director's Company
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	August 31, 1985 (1985-08-31)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The film is about a group of young kids that get trapped inside their school during a large storm.

Cast

• Yuichi Mikami as Kyoichi Mikami
• Youki Kudoh as Rie Takami
• Tomokazu Miura as Teacher Umemiya
• Yuka Onishi as Michiko Omachi
• Yuriko Fuchizaki as Midori Morisaki
• Shingo Tsurumi
• Tomiko Ishii as Katsue Yagisawa

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]

• Won: Best Director - Shinji Sōmai
• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tomokazu Miura
• 2nd Best Film^[4]

1st Tokyo International Film Festival

• Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix

10th Hochi Film Award^[5]

• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tomokazu Miura

See also

• List of Japanese films of 1985