Typhoon Club

(1985)Directed by Shinji Sōmai115 minDrama
We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!

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.

Tomokazu Miuraas Teacher Umemiya
Yuichi Mikamias Kyoichi Mikami
Shigeru Benibayashias Ken Shimizu
Toshiyuki Matsunagaas Akira Yamada
Youki Kudohas Rie Takami
Yuka Ônishias Michiko Omachi
Tomoko Aizawaas Yasuko Miyata
Ryuko Tendohas Yumi
Makoto Satōas Hideo
Tomiko Ishiias Katsue Yagisawa
Minori Teradaas Ken's Father
Saburo Dateas Okabe
Kaori Kobayashias Junko Yagisawa
Shinji Ishii
Yoshikazu Suzuki
Shingo Tsurumias Keiji Mikami
Toshinori Omias Kobayashi