Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (1968)

Original title

初恋・地獄篇

Directed by

Susumu Hani

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman navigates her first love in 1960s Japan. The film follows her emotional journey with a gentle and introspective tone.

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What happens

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (初恋・地獄篇, Hatsukoi Jigokuhen), also known as The Inferno of First Love and Nanami, First Love, is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed and written by Susumu Hani. The film competed for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968. According to Hani, Shūji Terayama, known as an underground dramatist at the time, was approached to work on the film but considered the synopsis Hani provided already complete. At the insistence of his investor, Hani later asked Terayama to lend his name to the film for his appeal among younger audiences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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