Shinji Somai

in theaters on my screens

The Friends

V.O.: Natsu no niwa

Jap. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Shinji Somai with Rentaro Mikuni, Naoki Sakata, Yasutaka Oh. Three adventurous schoolchildren offer to renovate the garden and house of a lonely old man.

Runtime: 113 min.

in theaters on my screens

Typhoon Club

V.O.: Taifu kurabu

Jap. 1985. Sentimental comedy by Shinji Somai with Youki Kudoh, Yuichi Mikami, Yuka Onishi. High school students are confined to a gymnasium during a typhoon as devastating as it is liberating.

Runtime: 115 min.

in theaters on my screens

P.P. Rider

V.O.: Shonben raida

Jap. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Shinji Somai with Tatsuya Fuji, Michiko Kawai, Masatoshi Nagase. In search of their tormentor, who has been kidnapped, three high-school students face off against the yakuza and the police.

Runtime: 118 min.