A small town in the outskirts of Tokyo... A strong wind picks up as high school students are on their way to school. A typhoon is forecast, and rain begins to fall. Ignoring the order to evacuate the school, a few students decide to stay.
A cult filmmaker of the younger Japanese generation, Shinji Somai delivers a tender yet harsh portrait of adolescence.
Crédits
Cast
Yuichi Mikami, Yūki Kudō, Tomokazu Miura, Toshiyuki Matsunaga, Shigeru Benibayashi, Saburō Date, Tomiko Ishii, Kaori Kobayashi, Yuka Ōnishi, Toshinori Omi
Screenplay
Yuji KatoImage
Akihiro ItôEditing
Isao TomitaMusic
Shigeaki SaegusaProduction
Susumu Miyasaka, Directors CompagnyChosen by Waseda University, Tokyo
Founded in Tokyo in 1913, Waseda University is one of the oldest private universities in Japan and has graduated many outstanding individuals in the field of the arts, including film directors such as Shohei Imamura and Hirokazu Kore-eda, acclaimed in many international film festivals. Among its features is a large number of “clubs” in which students engage in independent activities, producing films and performing in theatrical productions. The university is also a place to think social role and ethics of expression itself.
Shinji SOMAI
Born in 1948
Shinji Somai was born in Morioka on January 13, 1948. After studying at Chūō University, in Tokyo, he joined the Nikkatsu company in 1972, where he became assistant director to Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Murakami Ryū and Terayama Shūji. He made his film debut with The Terrible Couple, in 1980, which garnered the Best New Director Award at the Yokohama Film Festival. From 1980 to 2000, he directed 13 features and a documentary, directed an opera, and made several short commercials. In 1985, his sixth film, Typhoon Club, won the Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Wait and See in 1999 was awarded the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlinale. He died in 2001.
Filmographie
1980 : The Terrible Couple
1981 : Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1983 : PP Rider
1983 : The Catch
1985 : Love Hotel
1985 : Typhoon Club
1985 : Lost Chapter of Snow
1987 : La Femme lumineuse
1990 : Tokyo Heaven
1993 : Déménagement
1994 : The Friends
1998 : Wait and See
2000 : Kazahana
2001 : Le Mont Gassan
Contact
Distribution : Survivance
Séances
Cinéma Le Royal VOSTFR+STA - Royal 2
Introduced by Hana Watanabe, student at Waseda University, Tokyo