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Typhoon Club (1985)

Directed by Shinji Sōmai · Cinematography by Akihiro Itō

115 min58 frames

Drama

We're in the gym at midnight, we're in the eye of the typhoon!

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Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: fullbody — A narrow Japanese shopping arcade at night is filled with rain and neon signs. A high school girl stands…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: medium — An outdoor pool at night features lane markers and a concrete wall with a number. A lone swimmer is…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — A quiet classroom features rows of wooden desks and chairs on a wood-plank floor. A boy sits writing at a…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: medium — Three teenagers lie on a patch of dark soil at night with sparse vegetation. They gaze upward as they lie…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: medium — A school classroom features wooden desks and a large blackboard in the background. A girl sits behind a…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — Five teenagers stand in a shallow flooded wooded area among submerged trees and debris. A pair of legs in…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: closeup — A person lies on a mattress with a patterned pillow under their head. The subject remains motionless with…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — A dark indoor pool features a single person swimming in a lane at night. The water reflects the dim green…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — An outdoor pool deck at night features a wooden table holding a single chair. Three women move around the…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: medium — A dark, modest room features a wooden vanity with a mirror and sliding doors. A young woman sits on a…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — A Japanese apartment room features straw mat flooring and a low wooden dining table. A man and a woman sit…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: medium — A classroom features a green chalkboard covered in handwritten geometry equations and diagrams. Three…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — A wooden performance space features a raised platform and a metal equipment frame. A group of teenagers…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: fullbody — A student sits in an old classroom facing a window covered in hanging paper cranes. Outside the window,…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: medium — A cluttered dressing room space features a large mirror and a metallic textured chair. Two figures are…Typhoon Club (1985) movie still: wide — Three young men sit atop a tall bamboo scaffolding structure at night. A large rock formation is visible to…
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Typhoon Club — official trailer

What is Typhoon Club about?

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.

Where can you watch Typhoon Club?

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What does the cinematography of Typhoon Club look like?

Across 58 sampled frames, Typhoon Club builds its coverage from medium shots (40% of the sample), with wide compositions (38%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Akihiro Itō keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 47% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 62% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Typhoon Club?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Typhoon Club (1985) are #2e3131, #f6f7f6, #4f534f, #d3d2cb, #0c0f0e, #b2b2ab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #2e3131
  • #f6f7f6
  • #4f534f
  • #d3d2cb
  • #0c0f0e
  • #b2b2ab

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