Hatsukoi Jigokuhen

Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (Nanami, The Inferno of First Love)
Poster to the film, Nanami, The Inferno of First Love
Directed by	Susumu Hani
Produced by	Tomoji Fujii Satoshi Fuji
Written by	Susumu Hani Shūji Terayama
Starring	Haruo Asanu Kuniko Ishii
Music by	Tōru Takemitsu Akio Yashiro
Cinematography	Yuji Okumura
Edited by	Susumu Hani
Distributed by	Art Theatre Guild
Release dates	May 25, 1968
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (初恋・地獄篇) is a 1968 film directed by Susumu Hani and co-scripted by him with Shūji Terayama. It is one of Hani's best known works. In the West, it is known as Nanami, The Inferno of First Love or as Nanami, First Love. The movie focuses on the pain of emerging from adolescence. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968.^[1] Many film scholars consider this work to be one of Hani's major achievements, while others judge the film to be commercial and exploitive.^[2]

Cast

• Haruo Asanu - Algebra
• Kazuko Fukuda - Mrs. Otagaki, Shun's stepmother
• Kuniko Ishii - Nanami
• Ichirô Kimura - Psychiatrist
• Kazuo Kimura - Doctor
• Kôji Mitsui - Mr. Otagaki, Shun's stepfather
• Misako Miyato - Mother
• Kimiko Nakamura - Ankokuji's wife
• Akio Takahashi - Shun
• Minoru Yuasa - Ankokuji

References

Sources

• Buehrer, Beverley (1990). "Nanami-- The Inferno of First Love (1968) Hatsukoi jigokuhen". Japanese Films: A Filmography and Commentary, 1921-1989. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland. pp. 195–197. ISBN 0-89950-458-2. 
• Desser, David (1985). "The Inferno of First Love (Hatsukoi Jigoku-Hen)". In Frank N. Magill. Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films; Volume 3. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press. pp. 1480–1485. ISBN 0-89356-247-5. 

External links

• IMDb entry
• Film Review by Jasper Sharp
• "初恋　地獄篇 (Hatsukoi Jigokuhen)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 
• Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (Nanami, The Inferno of First Love) at AllMovie