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Tokyo International Film Festival 1985 Young Cinema Category Grand Prix

Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal 1985

TYPHOON CLUB

Tomokazu Miura

Yuichi Mikami Shigeru Kurebayashi Toshiyuki Matsunaga

Yuki Kudo Yuka Onishi

Tomoko Aizawa Ryuko Tendo Yuriko Fuchizaki

Makoto Sato Tomiko Ishii

Minori Terada Saburo Date

Kaori Kobayashi Akiko Kitamura

Shinji Ishikawa Yoshikazu Suzuki Koichi Sato

Shingo Tsurumi Toshinori Omi

Look!

It's Akira, isn't it?

Yeah. It's Akira.

Young man! You! Young man!

Eat some beans. Here.

Knock it off!

Cheer up, old man.

Thursday

Oh, Mikami. Good timing.

Come here. Look at what happened.

It's just terrible. Tragic.

Akira.

Akira?

Akira!

Oh no!

What'cha doing?

What happened!?

Hey, is he dead?

He's still alive.

Looks like he drowned.

What should we do?

Let's see...

Artificial respiration?

Try it. Try it! Try anything!

I just learned this.

I'll try mouth-to-mouth in a minute.

Yeah, try it...

Akira! You hear me!?

What happened!?

School's off limits at night, right?

Why didn't you phone me?

I didn't know who it was, so I came like this.

You guys are terrible.

What'd you do to him?

I had nothing to do with it. They did it.

What did they do!?

I was swimming...

and Yasuko's group came...

First they took my underpants off...

And then?

They took the pool rope...

Good morning!

Friday

Good morning.

Good morning.

Sorry. I'm late.

Mom talked my head off.

Are you angry with me?

No... just a little...

A little what!?

You despised me a little!?

Stay away from Yasuko and the others.

You've got it wrong. Yesterday Michiko...

Same thing. I hate that kind of shit.

Sorry...

But Akira's funny... We just got carried away.

To figure the area of this triangle,

first you have to find the length of the sides.

For that we have things like the Pythagorean theorem.

Remember?

Here, we have a right angle triangle. Side AB is 20 cm.

AC is 15 cm...

Listen!

We need the length of side BC.

To find that length we can use the Pythagorean theorem.

Listen carefully!

Pythagorean theorem: BC2 = AB2 + AC2.

That's how you figure it out.

Try another one!

Another one. One more.

Hey!

Who said that? Akira?

Why do you have a bloody nose during class?

Are you listening?

Listen carefully, you farmer's kids.

What's wrong with farmers?

What is the Pythagorean Theorem!?

I don't know.

It's up on the blackboard!

No. It's gone too far.

- I'll do it. - Come off it.

That's what I say.

Nope. Today I'm going to tell them.

Uncle Hideo, do something about her.

Stop it. It's no use, you're coming too.

You don't understand?

OK.

Over here is a farmer. It's your father.

From these three triangular fields...

he wants to choose the biggest. Which one is it?

.

C? He'd never choose C,

because your dad is greedy. Right!?

Mr. Umemiya!?

I want you to straighten this out today!

In the middle of class?

Don't act so innocent.

Your students should know what you did.

My brother from Mito also came with me.

Can you wait until after class, please?

Wait? You always say wait! She's 29!

How long do you think my daughter can wait?

We've discussed this before.

Discussed it! Not to me you haven't.

How old are you, anyway?

32.

What are you waiting for?

Are you waiting to die?

Mr. Umemiya, as a teacher, is always thinking

about the children's future and so on...

Why're you being so soft?

What do you mean soft?

Just a moment.

My sister is not here to talk about you getting married.

She's here because she heard Junko gave you a lot of money.

More than a million yen!

What do you have to say?

You misunderstand.

What do you mean? You're shameless!

What about this sweater?

Junko gave it to you, right?

I saw it in her dresser drawer.

Are you a man or what?

It's because of teachers like this

that you're good for nothing.

- What are you talking about? - That's stupid.

- What?! - Shut up!

What?!

Tell them what you think, Junko! Huh? Where's Junko?

Junko. Come over here right now.

- Leave, please! - Tell them!

Please!

That was ridiculous!

Guys like that make me mad!

Poor Mr. Umemiya.

Are you crazy!?

That was embarrassing.

All he could do was stand there.

Katsue.

It's all right here. We can be alone.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I wonder if a typhoon's coming.

Right?

You wondering that too!?

Seems like I've seen nothing but bad things lately.

Are you OK?

Grandma's dying. It's sad.

Your mother?

No. Grandma.

Hey, Yasuko. Akira wants to talk to you.

No I don't. It's nothing.

What'd you want!?

Nothing.

I'm busy right now. Get out of here.

See ya.

Ouch! Ugh...

Do you think it's coming?

You're strange lately.

Yeah... You are too.

What's strange?

You're a lot quieter.

I've always been quiet.

Are you serious?

What happened to those guys?

Who!

Mr. Umemiya and the others.

They left during lunch.

Ohhh.

That's that.

Huh?

You going home!?

Aren't you?

Let's go someplace.

Where!?

That coffee shop.

That place is depressing.

- What? - Depressing.

I like that place.

You're strange lately.

Wait a minute.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

I'm home.

That's not fair to say it's all my fault...

Did you hear me!?

Damn it. I've had it.

I'm hungry.

How come you gave them my name so fast?

Because...

Because what? Why'd you have to come to school?

What happens if I get fired?

What happened to that guy?

We broke up.

You gave him a million yen?

Yeah.

What'cha gonna do!?

It's over. He's gone.

Why didn't you tell mother?

What good would that do?

It's my fault. I made you wait so long, right?

Hey!

Dad's calling you.

Yeah.

He's calling you.

If I go, he's just gonna lecture me.

Oh.

Where's Rie?

Went to buy coffee.

When're you going back to Tokyo?

Pretty soon.

You want to go to high school in Tokyo!?

Yeah. Sort of.

I guess it's time to leave the dorm and find an apartment.

Can an individual rise above a species?

Huh?

Death is the species' victory over an individual.

Do you always think about shit like that?

I got mocha.

Mocha's OK.

A bean is a person. And the species is the whole can.

That's enough.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

An individual is the chicken and the species is the egg.

If an individual chicken transcends a species egg...

That means...

a chicken's experience is renewed in the freshly laid egg.

Only hens can...?

No. To make an egg you have to have a male and female.

A chicken forgot how to fly. Not an egg.

An idiot chicken learned to fly, but its kid...

Oh, thanks.

What do you want to be?

A deer.

Sounds nice.

How about you, Rie?

A lizard?

No, a waterbird!

An egg. Yeah, so death is...

What do you mean by egg!?

I have to go.

Wit a second! No coffee?

I've gotta go.

Death.

A deer and a waterbird? Jesus, what a weird couple!

Ken!

Oh, hi. Is Ken here?

Hey! Mikami!

Come on up.

It's getting old, huh.

Did you hear this guy!?

Knock it off.

What's with you?

Please.

Oh come on.

I hear you saw something.

What!

Don't worry about it. He's all right.

He won't tell anybody.

Don't say a word.

Or I'll kill you.

They're after you?

Yeah, because you told us.

Don't worry. I'll protect you.

Then what did Yasuko and them do?

You don't know what they did?

I know. That lesbian shit. But I don't know exactly how.

Oh wow. They do it, man. I mean IT.

Yeah, but how?

They stick their fingers in.

Akira, do you love Yasuko?

Are you kidding? Michiko's the one I like.

Michiko?! She's mine! Don't be an asshole.

You love her too, huh?

Yeah. She's smart. Cute too.

Ouch!

Ouch!

Hey you. Come here and take a look. Hurry up.

What're you doing? Move closer.

I said come here.

Look at what you did.

You can't see it that far away. Come here! Hurry up.

See it? You did this.

This will never disappear!

She'll have it the rest of her life.

You're responsible, you know.

Take a good close look!

I said look closely!

I'm sorry.

Mikami!

She loves you after all!

No, she doesn't.

Yes she does. How come girls just go after you, damn it?

Beats me.

Rie's yours, right? Filthy bastard. Right, Akira?

She is not mine.

Come off it... You lying?

Then who is it?

Who!

There's a girl you're interested in, right?

Yeah. But...

Who is it?

Naoko Kawai.

Naoko Kawai? That fat singer?

Can an individual rise above a species?

Is death a species' victory over an individual?

I almost forgot

that pain.

It brings back memories...

Saturday

Mikami?!

Wait a second, Mikami!

Why didn't you wake me up, Mom?

Mom!

Mom!

Why don't we skip math?

Midori, let's go!

No. I want to see Mr. Umemiya.

Come on, Midori.

No.

Hurry up. Come on.

Midori.

Wait a second.

Say hi to Mr. Umemiya.

Mikami. I think I'll skip the next class.

Why?

I hate that guy. I can't stand him.

I'll learn more in the library by myself.

I can't do that.

It's test time. I don't like him either, but...

You saw it yesterday. I hate that kind of stuff.

That's Umemiya's personal problem.

10:30 a.m.

Sorry. I couldn't move straight ahead in that wind.

And an old lady fell down.

What!

I took her to the hospital.

No kidding.

I told her about my terrific students.

Anyway.

I took her to the nearest police box, and left her.

Where's everybody else!?

Cutting class, huh?

Entrance exams in 6 months.

OK, let's begin.

Wait. We can't start class until you explain about yesterday.

What do you mean?

Yesterday some strange people came in during math.

Who were they?

It's not your business.

It is our business.

No, it's not.

Let's get started.

Shut up, ugly.

Ugly? I dare you to say that one more time!

OK! Shut up, ugly!

You jerk! Who do you think you are!?

What?!

OK. OK. Settle down! Calm down! I understand.

Michiko. I'll explain it after class, OK?

No! I want an explanation right now!

Don't be so stubborn!

Michiko, leave, will you?

Why don't you leave? I'm not moving an inch!

What'd you say, ugly?

You bastard!

Shut your mouth!

You're real tough, huh?

Son-of-a-bitch!

It's your fault. Go break them up.

Yeah. Do something.

You and your big mouth!

What's wrong?!

You always have to butt in.

Knock it off!

Sit down.

Are you deaf? I said sit down!

Stop before I kill somebody!

Something is wrong with you.

What was that for?

You make my head ache.

I'll bet I was the first one to see the rain.

What's wrong!?

Thinking about her grandma.

Just because your grandma dies doesn't mean you will too.

Hey, she's not dead.

Goodbye sadness. Be off with this filthy costume.

Yumi. Don't cry. Yumi.

You're still here? You know where Mikami is?

Is that so? His bag's here.

You better go home. The typhoon's coming.

Mr. Umemiya.

What about your promise!?

What!

You promised to explain. That's why I'm waiting.

You don't give up, do you.

You said so.

OK, wait here for a minute.

Better find Mikami.

Know where Mikami is?

The gym. He's pushing the 7th graders hard.

A typhoon's approaching, and flooding has been predicted.

Please go home.

I repeat. A typhoon is coming.

School's cancelled because of dangerous conditions.

Go home now.

Summer vacation's buried by a thundercloud.

We've got a beautiful shower instead of a 'good-bye'.

This morning the sky was blue. The leaves were...

...greeting the new light.

Are you guys deaf? There's a typhoon.

Be tough! You call yourself baseball players?!

What!

You're Rie's neighbor, right?

Yes.

Sometimes you go home together?

Yes.

Know where she is today?

She wasn't home this morning.

Oh. Did she say anything to you yesterday?

Nothing in particular. Something wrong?

No. Sorry to bother your workout.

Go home! On the double!

Welcome home.

Welcome back.

I'm home.

What do you want!

Nothing.

What do you want!

Nothing.

Sometime, I think maybe we could go to McDonald's together?

Something wrong?

Don't come any closer.

You're strange.

Get out of here! Get out!

What do I do?

Yes, right. I think that's the best way.

So, you need to decide.

Of course there's nothing to worry about.

I don't remember anything about that. Huh?

Then there is nothing I can do.

Hold on. What do you want?

Find out anything about Riel?

She ran away from home. Hello, and then?

So, neither the school or the students...

have anything to do with it.

That's right. Just a moment.

Where are Yasuko and the others?

They disappeared during the day.

No, she's not at school.

4:20 p.m.

Did you forget something?

No. I kept a student waiting here.

Nobody here now.

It's the rain. They've all gone home.

Right.

Tonight the typhoon will pass through here.

Lucky tomorrow's Sunday.

Wit outside for a second,

Take care.

Thanks.

Shit!

Help! Help!

Stop it!

Get away from me!

Let me go! Leave me alone!

Please, let me go! I said let go!

Stop it! Stop it!

Stop it, please!

Welcome home.

Welcome home.

I'm home!

Welcome home. I'm home.

Welcome home.

Welcome home, I'm home.

No! Stop!

Does it look OK?

Perfect.

What's wrong!?

Didn't you see it?

See what!?

I came because I heard a noise, and I find you guys here crying.

I see.

What's wrong!?

Nothing. I'm all right. Really.

I'm all right.

What were you doing!?

Me?

I was thinking in the toilet, and got locked in.

Thinking about what?

About Rie.

- I thought so. - It's not that.

Then what is it.

Don't worry about it.

We better go, or we'll be stuck here.

Michiko forgave you.

I'll go see.

Suppose it's a teacher.

What're you doing!?

That's my question.

Go home!

Why should you guys be the only ones who can stay here?

What're you doing!?

Acting practice!

No! We were messing around in the drama club,

and suddenly it was dark outside.

Isn't anybody going home?

Yasuko, what're you doing?

Ken!

You don't want to go home, huh?

Ken!

Midori!

I'm hungry.

I've got some food. Want it?

Yasuko!

Kyoichi!

I've got something too, Mikami.

Michiko!

Want some?

6:30 p.m.

I live over there.

What're you doing!?

Go inside! Quick!

You'd better take your dress off and dry off.

Yes.

Your name's Kobayashi?

Yeah. Change your clothes before you catch a cold.

OK, but...

Need something to put on?

No thanks. I'll wear my uniform. Can I borrow your bathroom?

Want some coffee?

Yes, please.

What's your name?

Rie Takami.

You in junior high?

Yes. Are you a college student?

Something like that.

Tokyo University?

Uh... anything you say...

Mikami's brother is too.

Mikami? Who's Mikami?

A friend from school.

I'll take that. Have a seat.

Where's your school?

It's not in Tokyo, right?

You ran away from home?

No.

Then, what?

The barometer registers 950 millibars, at the center of typhoon #10.

The maximum wind speed is 35 meters per second.

And it'll pass the center of Honshu just after midnight.

No-one's going home?

Michiko, are you OK? Your parents will be worried.

It's no problem.

Yumi, let's dance.

Me too.

We can't... They'll think Rie's with us.

What's wrong with Rie?

She ran away from home.

Why?

I'm trying to think of why.

Mikami you do something bad to her?

I'm not like you.

Where'd she go?

I don't know.

First time in Tokyo?

Yes.

How do you like it?

With the typhoon, I didn't get a chance to see it.

I see.

Huh?

I hate being locked up.

Shut in

until I become an old country woman, I just can't stand it.

Oh.

Mikami's coming to Tokyo for high school,

and I...

I'd better go.

What?! Now?

Yes.

You said you'd stay tonight.

I thought I was going to, but...

Not at all. Stay over.

Tomorrow's Sunday,

SO you can mess around in Tokyo and then go home.

But everybody's worrying about me.

I'd better go.

You're really going?

Yes.

I'm not gonna see you off.

I'm OK, by myself.

Thank you for talking to me. I appreciate it.

Good-bye.

Who you calling?

First, Rie's folks. Then Michiko's and Mr. Umemiya.

I'll talk to Umemiya.

Why are you gonna phone all of them!?

Everybody's worried by now.

Don't try to be a brown noser and say something stupid.

Hello, this is Mikami from school. Is Rie home?

In response to your requests.

I shall now sing.

"Spring in the North Country".

Great!

I've waited for this, my son.

A white birch. The blue sky...

That's great, huh! You're good.

The flowers bloom...

Hey. Wait!

Wipe his forehead off.

Hello, Umemiya speaking.

Hello.

What's he doing?

Who's calling, please?

May I speak to Mr. Umemiya?

A phone call for you. A phone call!

Excuse me for a minute, dad.

I'm not your dad. I'm your future uncle-in-law.

Hello.

Hello, Umemiya speaking.

Mr. Umemiya, come to school right away.

What? Who are you!

This is Midori Morisaki.

Who!

Just please come to school. Everybody's here.

What are you talking about!

The wind is blowing hard and it's pouring rain.

Mr. Umemiya...

Hello, this is Mikami.

I think he's drunk.

We want to go home. But we're stuck at school.

What should we do?

I don't understand a word you're saying.

Who are you, anyway?

Mr. Umemiya, just once I wanted to have a serious talk with you.

You are not a bad guy, I guess, but I've had it with you.

What? What'd you say?

I won't forgive you for this. Maybe it's selfish, but...

What are you talking about?

I might be drunk, but I'm listening.

Listen up...

Kid, I don't know how great you are,

but 15 years from now you're going to be what I am now!

You've got 15 years. So prepare yourself!

I won't ever be like you. Never!

You're wrong, asshole.

Something wrong?

It's nothing.

That's a great tattoo, dad!

Dad, let's drink.

I said I'm not your dad. I'm your uncle.

I won't.

I will.

I know how Rie feels.

You are inhuman.

Don't be so gloomy. Umemiya's drunk and dancing around.

I wish we had some booze.

Well, wish again. There's nothing here.

What!

What's wrong!?

Forget it.

Ladies and gentlemen!

Thanks for coming to

the Ota Jr. High Drama Club's farewell performance

during the big typhoon!

Actually, tonight is our only show.

Our first performer, to the reggae beat,

will be 9th grader Midori Morisaki.

Do that, uh...

This? OK.

I want to do it too.

Our next performer is Michiko Omachi!

Good!

A big hand for Yumi Mori!

And last but not least is me. Yasuko Miyata.

Hell, me too!

Really?

Mikami, come on. You too!

One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four...

Wait at the station or...

How far can I go, and at what time?

We're working on it, but we don't know yet.

Excuse me.

Where's the Shinetsu line?

Shinetsu line's halted because of landslides.

Wait in line like everybody else.

Is the Chuo line running?

Yeah, at the moment.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

10:49 p.m.

Look! It's stopped. The typhoon's over.

Stars!

It's cleared up!

What's that over there? It's a puddle. Look.

Wow.

You're filthy.

The eye!

The eye of the typhoon, huh?

If...

If it's fair tomorrow,

meet me at that place, my love.

If it's raining tomorrow,

please stay by my side.

Good-bye to today.

I'll see you again my dreams.

And in the window of my heart...

A light!

Someone probably died.

Probably my grandma.

It's not your grandma. Don't be stupid, Midori.

But...

If it's fair tomorrow...

Give me your hand.

Welcome home. Welcome back.

- I'm home! - Welcome back.

I wonder what happened to Rie?

I hope she's all right.

Some man may have picked her up.

You don't know that.

Welcome home. Welcome back. Good-bye!

I'm home! Welcome home. Welcome back. Good-bye.

After it's over,

let's all go someplace.

It was a strange day.

Good night.

What are you doing!?

What are you doing!?

Can I try it too!?

An ocarina should be played in the morning.

If it's fair tomorrow,

Meet me at that place, my love.

If it's raining tomorrow,

please stay by my side.

Good-bye to today.

See you in my dreams.

And in the window of my heart,

I'll leave a light burning...

Hey!

Everybody!

What's wrong!? Mikami, what's up?!

I'm going to show you something, so get up and enjoy it!

I finally figured out

why Rie's gone

and why everybody's gone mad.

...Death exists before life.

What!

Death is the premise of life.

We haven't had a solemn death among us

so we can live a solemn life...

So I'm going to die for you,

so you can all live.

Watch carefully!

This is death.

Monday

Rie!

Good morning.

Where are you going!?

To school.

- Now? - Yeah!

You're late.

Huh? We have the day off today.

Really? But you're going to school, aren't you?

To the pool. At home, dad's on my case.

Because of the typhoon.

Dad'll just make me work if I stay there.

OK, I'll go to school with you.

I wonder if everybody's there.

Akira, you're taller, aren't you?

You think so?

Yes. You seem taller.

Look! It's beautiful!

Wow. It's gorgeous!

It looks just like the Temple of the Gold Pavilion.

Beautiful!

Nice!

Executive Producer Susumu Miyasaka

Producer Tsutomu Yamamoto

Script Yuji Kato

Cinematography Akihiro Ito

Lighting Tadaaki Shimada

Art Design Noriyoshi lkeya

Recording Toshio Nakano

Next we have the 9th grade boy's 100 meters race.

Get set! Go!

Music Shigeaki Saegusa

Directed by Shinji Somai

English subtitles by YOUICHI UMEMOTO KEITH HOLEMAN