Japan Synopsis
台風クラブ
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.
The 1984–1986 Japan Window
Typhoon Club holds position #54 of 91 Japan films in the 1984–1986 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Typhoon Club premiered alongside 33 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 33 other Japan films in 1985.
The 652nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
32 audience reviews — more than 52% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 50th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Typhoon Club, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- classroom · 5
- nihilism · 4
- typhoon · 2
- pessimism · 1
- teenage angst · 1
- depression · 11
- adolescence · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,965 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,308 of 1,933 (top 68%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Directors Company, Art Theatre Guild |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | August 31, 1985 |
| IMDb | tt0088222 |