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Typhoon Club

Summary Typhoon Club is widely regarded as the seminal film of director Shinji Somai’s career. A work of raw, elemental power, it follows an ensemble of junior high students in a provincial town, beset by a summer-y malaise as a typhoon looms. When the storm makes landfall, the teens find themselves holed up in their school unsupervised, while a...

Directed By: Shinji Sômai

Written By: Yuji Kato

Typhoon Club

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Summary Typhoon Club is widely regarded as the seminal film of director Shinji Somai’s career. A work of raw, elemental power, it follows an ensemble of junior high students in a provincial town, beset by a summer-y malaise as a typhoon looms. When the storm makes landfall, the teens find themselves holed up in their school unsupervised, while a...

Directed By: Shinji Sômai

Written By: Yuji Kato

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Production Company Directors Company
Release Date Dec 12, 1986
Duration 1 h 55 m
Yokohama Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Nantes Three Continents Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Hochi Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination