Typhoon Club (film) explained

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 29 March 2024.
2. Web site: Typhoon Club - Japan Society . 30 August 2023. japansociety.org.
3. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_shou.html . ja:第７回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８５年日本映画個人賞 . 2010-01-07 . Japanese . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927162700/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_shou.html . 2012-09-27 .
4. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_best10.html . ja:１９８５年度 日本映画ベストテン. 2010-01-07. Japanese . Yokohama Film Festival.
5. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1985/. ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー. 2010-01-09. Japanese. Cinema Hochi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306194642/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1985/. 2012-03-06.