Blu-ray release: ‘Typhoon Club’
By Phil Mills | Sep 20, 2023
Third Window Films are bringing the 1985 Japanese drama ‘Typhoon Club’ (台風クラブ) to UK Blu-ray on November 27, 2023.
Directed by Shinji Somai, the film takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which several students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium. The cast includes Yuichi Mikami, Youki Kudoh, Tomokazu Miura, Yuka Onishi, Yuriko Fuchizaki, and Shingo Tsurumi.
Synopsis: Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the five-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly-liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.
Features:
• New 4K digital remaster from the original negatives
• 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
• ‘Director’s Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp [2000 copies only]
• Region: All
‘Typhoon Club’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk.
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