Typhoon Club (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Typhoon Club

| image = File:Typhoon Club (1985) poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese

| kanji = 台風クラブ

| revhep = Taifū kurabu

}}

| director = Shinji Sōmai

| producer = Susumu Miyasaka

| writer = Yuji Kato

| starring = Yuka Onishi
Tomokazu Miura

| music = Shigeaki Saegusa

| cinematography = Akihiro Itô

| editing = Isao Tomita

| studio = Director's Company

| distributor = Toho

| released = {{Film date|1985|08|31}}

| runtime = 115 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{Nihongo|Typhoon Club|台風クラブ|Taifū Kurabu|lead=yes}} 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.{{cite web |title=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 |work=www.jprime.jp |url=https://www.jprime.jp/articles/-/17652?display=b |access-date=29 March 2024}}

Release

The world premiere of a 4K restoration took place at Japan Society on April 27, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://japansociety.org/events/typhoon-club/ |title=Typhoon Club - Japan Society |accessdate=30 August 2023|work=japansociety.org}}

=Awards and nominations=

7th Yokohama Film Festival{{Cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_shou.html |script-title=ja:第７回ヨコハマ映画祭１９８５年日本映画個人賞 |access-date=2010-01-07 |language=Japanese |publisher=Yokohama Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927162700/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_shou.html |archive-date=2012-09-27 }}

Won: Best Director - Shinji Sōmai
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tomokazu Miura
2nd Best Film{{Cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/07-1985/07_1985_best10.html |script-title=ja:１９８５年度日本映画ベストテン|access-date= 2010-01-07|language= Japanese |publisher= Yokohama Film Festival}}

1st Tokyo International Film Festival

Won: Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix

10th Hochi Film Award{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1985/|script-title= ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー|access-date= 2010-01-09|language= Japanese|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120306194642/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1985/|archive-date= 2012-03-06}}