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Susumu Hani

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 10, 1928 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

Known For

Directing

2025Faraway Paradise...Director
1983History: The Age of the Nuclear Chaos...Director
1982Prophecy...Director
1982Manga, the cartoon in contemporary Japanese Life...Director
1980A Tale of Africa...Director
1972The Morning Schedule...Director
1971Mio...Director
1970Love Fantasia...Director
1969Aido: Slave of Love...Director
1968Nanami: The Inferno of First Love...Director
1966Bride of the Andes...Director
1966The Song of the Bwana Toshi...Director
1964Children Hand in Hand...Director
1963She and He...Director
1963Il paradiso dell'uomo...Director
1963A Publisher for 50 Years...Director
1962A Full Life...Director
1961Bad Boys...Director
1959Drumu To Shonen...Director
1958The Living Sea...Director
1958Tokyo 1958...Director
1958Hōryū-ji...Director
1957Diary of the Zoological Garden...Director
1956Twin Class...Director
1956Children Who Draw...Director
1954Children in the Classroom...Director
1952Our Life and Water...Director

Writing

1983History: The Age of the Nuclear Chaos...Writer
1972The Morning Schedule...Screenplay
1970Love Fantasia...Screenplay
1969Aido: Slave of Love...Screenplay
1968Nanami: The Inferno of First Love...Writer
1966Bride of the Andes...Screenplay
1966The Song of the Bwana Toshi...Writer
1964Children Hand in Hand...Writer
1963She and He...Writer
1962A Full Life...Screenplay
1961Bad Boys...Screenplay
1958The Living Sea...Writer
1958Tokyo 1958...Screenplay
1957Diary of the Zoological Garden...Writer
1956Twin Class...Writer
1956Children Who Draw...Writer
1954Children in the Classroom...Screenplay
1952Our Life and Water...Screenplay
1950A Town Without Flies...Screenplay

Editing

1972The Morning Schedule...Editor
1971Mio...Editor
1969Aido: Slave of Love...Editor
1968Nanami: The Inferno of First Love...Editor
1964Children Hand in Hand...Editor
1958Tokyo 1958...Editor

Production

1958Tokyo 1958...Producer

Acting

2025Faraway Paradiseas (Narrator)