Art Theatre Guild

HATSUKOI JIGOKU-HEN

Die Hölle Der Ersten Liebe / Das Mädchen Nanami
Hani Susumu
Japan 1968
108 min
V'03

Hani Susumu started his filmmaking career at the major publishing house Iwanami. The publisher created its own film unit for producing documentaries in order to exploit the burgeoning market for PR and education films. Curiously enough, the leader of the unit was remarkably open to experimentation, and many of the young filmmakers jumped on the opportunity to tamper with the conventions of the documentary. These included the likes of Higashi Yôichi, Kuroki Kazuo, Tsuchimoto Noriaki, Ogawa Shinsuke, Suzuki Tatsuo, Okumura Yûji (cameraman for this film), Tamura Masaki, Haneda Sumiko and Hani Susumu. All of them and most of the other innovative directors and cinematographers at the company, including Hani, left Iwanami for independent documentary and feature production. It is probably no exaggeration to say that their impact on 1960s Japanese cinema has yet to be adequately accounted for.

Credits
  • ? - Dr. Flicker
  • Ishii Kuniko - Nanami
  • Takahashi Akio - Shun = Shunichi
  • Shuns Stiefvater)
  • Shuns Stiefmutter)
  • Miyato Misako - Shuns leibliche Mutter
  • der Bärtige)
  • Nukamura Kimiko - seine Frau
  • Shinatora - Einäugiger
  • Kimura Ichirô - Hypnotiseur
  • Asami Haruo - Algebra
  • Anzai Aiko - Catcherin
  • Anen Mutsuko - Catcherin
  • Ueshima Chizuko - Nacktmodell
  • Matsushima Fujiko - Nacktmodell
  • Shimada Yukiko - Nacktmodell
  • Shimada Kozue - Nacktmodell
  • Miyahara Noriyuki - Shun als Kind
  • Hani Mio - Momi
Produktion Hani Production, Art Theatre Guild of Japan
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