Susumu Hani

Biography

“I am interested only in the inside of people.” Susumu Hani is a Japanese film director, and one of the most prominent representatives of the 1960s Japanese New Wave. Born in Tokyo, he has directed both documentaries and feature films. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first fiction film, Bad Boys, in 1961.

Directed

1. Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) — Director
2. Tokyo 1958 (1958) — Director
3. She and He (1963) — Director
4. Children in the Classroom (1954) — Director
5. Bad Boys (1961) — Director
6. The Morning Schedule (1972) — Director
7. Children Who Draw (1956) — Director
8. Aido: Slave of Love (1969) — Director
9. A Tale of Africa (1980) — Director
10. Bride of the Andes (1966) — Director
11. A Full Life (1962) — Director
12. Mio (1971) — Director
13. The Song of the Bwana Toshi (1966) — Director
14. Children Hand in Hand (1964) — Director
15. Il paradiso dell'uomo (1963) — Director
16. Hōryū-ji (1958) — Director
17. Our Life and Water (1952) — Director
18. Manga, the cartoon in contemporary Japanese Life (1982) — Director
19. Prophecy (1982) — Director
20. Love Fantasia (1970) — Director
21. History: The Age of the Nuclear Chaos (1983) — Director
22. Twin Class (1956) — Director
23. Diary of the Zoological Garden (1957) — Director
24. The Living Sea (1958) — Director
25. A Publisher for 50 Years (1963) — Director
26. Faraway Paradise (2025) — Director
27. Drumu To Shonen (1959) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Faraway Paradise (2025) — (Narrator)