Considered by many as Susumu Hani’s best work, co-produced by Art Theatre Guild and co-written by Shuji Terayama “Nanami: The Inferno of First Love” is a movie that highlights the artistic freedom filmmakers of the Guild had in the 60s, in a title that would very difficult pass from any kind of censorship committee nowadays. Despite its occasionally offensive premises, the movie screened in the US with a 20 minutes cut, grossed over $1 million in Japan and competed for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968.
The story revolves around Shun, a virgin 17-year-old who works as a goldsmith in his stepfather’s workshop, and Nanami, a young nude dancer. As the film begins, the two meet in the club she works at and immediately fall in love with each other, ending up in a love hotel. Shun is unable to have sex with her,...
The story revolves around Shun, a virgin 17-year-old who works as a goldsmith in his stepfather’s workshop, and Nanami, a young nude dancer. As the film begins, the two meet in the club she works at and immediately fall in love with each other, ending up in a love hotel. Shun is unable to have sex with her,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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