Dancing under the rain There is no clear plot for this film. Rather, it is a set of sketches about schoolchildren and their teacher somewhere in semi-rural Japan. The teacher has some problems with his girlfriend, which the mother of the girl tells him in front of the class. Some students now say they want to know the truth. One of the students runs away from home, but then returns. In general, a typhoon comes to the village, and students are forced to spend the night at school. Without a teacher, left to themselves. But for them it becomes a way to find spontaneous freedom. They jump naked down the street when the rain subsides. Someone suddenly realizes the worthlessness of life and throws himself out the window to give life meaning. In general, this kind of micro plots speak of existential sharpness, however, somewhat confused.
This work is uniquely in the category of cinema for connoisseurs seeking to look for the background. In the foreground is a strange, confused, but still charming semi-romance of school years. There will be no stories like in anime, on the contrary, everything is somewhat gray and everyday. But the life of teenagers is shown quite naturally. This is a life without makeup, simple, without claims, extremely sincere, but not without places of indecency and rudeness. Their night at school resembles some ancient mystery, an attempt to merge with the forces of nature by throwing off the shackles of convention. Soon they will have to say goodbye to youth, so dancing in the rain is the last song of youth, its wires. However, it is impossible to consider these students as completely innocent children. They already care about self-awareness, their place in the world. Of course, everything is given maximum meaning. It's either life or death. It's either a boring house or an urban freedom. Either the teacher is telling the truth about himself or he is no longer teaching. But behind this lies a genuine, painful thirst for knowledge. From such youth grow at the same time suicidal and extremely gifted creative people. The path of their future is being laid now as they dance in an empty school and then in the yard in the rain. In general, “Typhoon” allows you to recall school years, although it is aimed not so much at returning memories, but, probably, at a sad reflection on the end of school years, when the world of childhood breaks down, and a new world comes with completely different rules.
6 out of 10