Susumu Hani
Directing · Director · Writer · Editor
Born Oct 10, 1928 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Active 1950–present · Awards: Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
“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.
Filmography
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) — Director · Writer · EditorA Full Life (1962) — Director · ScreenplayChildren Hand in Hand (1964) — Director · Writer · EditorIl paradiso dell'uomo (1963) — DirectorMio (1971) — Director · EditorAido: Slave of Love (1969) — Director · Screenplay · EditorShe and He (1963) — Director · WriterTokyo 1958 (1958) — Director · Screenplay · Producer · EditorThe Morning Schedule (1972) — Director · Editor · ScreenplayBad Boys (1961) — Screenplay · DirectorBride of the Andes (1966) — Screenplay · DirectorChildren Who Draw (1956) — Director · WriterChildren in the Classroom (1954) — Screenplay · DirectorThe Song of the Bwana Toshi (1966) — Director · WriterA Tale of Africa (1980) — DirectorFaraway Paradise (2025) — (Narrator) · DirectorHōryū-ji (1958) — DirectorOur Life and Water (1952) — Director · ScreenplayA Town Without Flies (1950) — ScreenplayManga, the cartoon in contemporary Japanese Life (1982) — DirectorProphecy (1982) — DirectorLove Fantasia (1970) — Director · ScreenplayHistory: The Age of the Nuclear Chaos (1983) — Director · WriterDiary of the Zoological Garden (1957) — Director · Writer