Typhoon Club

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Director's Company Edition
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 115 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
Release Date: 2023
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Shinji Somai’s beloved cult film Typhoon Club is widely heralded as the director’s seminal feature and considered to be one of the greatest Japanese films ever made.

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, Typhoon Club features a lively cast of young talent including idol Youki Kudoh (The Crazy Family, Mystery Train) facing existential intrigues, budding sexuality, and rising social tensions in the days leading up to a typhoon’s arrival. Stranded in their schoolhouse as the storm settles in, the group undergoes an awakening as they dispel all insecurities, fear and desire under the swell of the tempest.

Special Features:
Feature audio commentary by Tom Mes
Selected audio commentary by Josh Slater-Williams
Assistant Director Koji Enokido Talk Event
Introduction by Ryusuke Hamaguchi at the Berlin Film Festival
Trailer

Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
‘Directors Company’ special edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp - limited to 2000 copies

Video Tracks:
1.85:1 widescreen 1080p

Audio Tracks:
DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Shinji Sômai

Written By:
Yuji Kato

Starring:
Yuichi Mikami
Yûki Kudô
Tomokazu Miura
Tomoko Aizawa
Shigeru Benibayashi
Saburô Date
Yuriko Fuchizaki
Tomiko Ishii
Kaori Kobayashi
Toshiyuki Matsunaga

Music From:
Shigeaki Saegusa

Director of Photography:
Akihiro Itô

Editor:
Isao Tomita

Production Designer:
Noriyoshi Ikeya

Producer:
Susumu Miyasaka

Distributor:
Third Window Films