Shinji Somai

translated by Haewon Kim

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“The is the cinema”

- Hou Hsiao-Hsien

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​The screenplay books for the masterpieces by Shinji Somai—a pivotal figure in 1980s Japanese auteur cinema—is set to be published. Released in 1985, Typhoon Club is a celebrated work that equates the anxiety and volatile energy of adolescence to unpredictable summer weather. Recently, Somai's films have gained heightened international prestige through 4K restorations. In Korea, theatrical releases of Typhoon Club, Moving, and The Friends have drawn widespread acclaim from cinephiles across generations.