A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Seen it?1948 | 68 min | Crime, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Captain Phillips, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 8 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1948: an older pace and style.
Four unlucky pirates head to a weather tracking station set on a remote island with the intention of holding the weather trackers as hostages and assaulting their next incoming supply ship; but at the station they are told that a serious typhoon is on the way, so the ship will be delayed.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Hideo Ōba
- Setsuko HaraKuriko Sato
- Jun UsamiAmano
- So YamamuraKijima
- Eijirō TōnoYoshii
- Isamu YamaguchiKataoka
- Takashi KandaSuzuki
- Fuyuki MurakamiTakeda
- Kamon KawamuraMaki
- Keijirō MorozumiNoguchi
- Ikuo KogisoYamane