Typhoon Club(TAIFU KURABU)
Dir: Somai Shinji
Japan, 1985, Japanese, 115mins, DCP
Cast: Miura Tomokazu, Mikami Yuichi, Kudo Yuki
As strikingly beautiful as it is perplexing, Somai’s anti-coming-of-age drama that embodies the existential intrigues of youth erupted under the allegorical conceit of a typhoon is hailed as the director’s seminal feature, and one of the best Japanese films of the 80s. Unfolded in a series of short and sometimes enigmatic scenes, it immerses in the newfound freedom and tensions of a group of junior high students stranded in the schoolhouse, exposing their hidden desires, budding sexuality and insecurities as the tempest arrives. Facing the anxieties on the cusp of adulthood, there are no simplistic epiphanies; they have to weather the storm to survive.
Nantes Three Continents Festival: Best Director
Tokyo International Film Festival: Tokyo Grand Prix
Kinema Junpo Top Ten: #4
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
THE BEAUTY AND BRUTALITY OF YOUTH - THE FILMS OF SOMAI SHINJI
Full House 2024-08-17 (Sat)
20:1517MC03Full House 2024-08-24 (Sat)
17:0024MC02Full House 2024-08-28 (Wed)
21:4528PE02
M+ Cinema (Venue)
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Chinese Subtitles
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