

“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.
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Writer
Status
Released
Original Language
JA
Okabe
Typhoon Club 台風クラブ (Directed by Shinji Somai, Japan 1985) Trailer
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Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.