
Person
Susumu Hani
Directing · Born 1928-10-10 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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

A Full Life
Director

Love Fantasia
Director

The Morning Schedule
Director

Bad Boys
Screenplay

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Director

Children Who Draw
Director
Drumu To Shonen
Director

Aido: Slave of Love
Director

Children in the Classroom
Screenplay
Mio
Director
Filmography
- 2025Faraway Paradise(Narrator)
- 1983History: The Age of the Nuclear ChaosDirector
- 1982ProphecyDirector
- 1982Manga, the cartoon in contemporary Japanese LifeDirector
- 1980A Tale of AfricaDirector
- 1972The Morning ScheduleDirector
- 1971MioDirector
- 1970Love FantasiaDirector
- 1969Aido: Slave of LoveDirector
- 1968Nanami: The Inferno of First LoveDirector
- 1966Bride of the AndesScreenplay
- 1966The Song of the Bwana ToshiDirector
- 1964Children Hand in HandDirector
- 1963She and HeDirector
- 1963Il paradiso dell'uomoDirector
- 1963A Publisher for 50 YearsDirector
- 1962A Full LifeDirector
- 1961Bad BoysScreenplay
- 1959Drumu To ShonenDirector
- 1958The Living SeaDirector
- 1958Tokyo 1958Director
- 1958Hōryū-jiDirector
- 1957Diary of the Zoological GardenDirector
- 1956Twin ClassDirector
- 1956Children Who DrawDirector
- 1954Children in the ClassroomScreenplay
- 1952Our Life and WaterDirector
- 1950A Town Without FliesScreenplay
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