Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (初恋・地獄篇) is a 1968 film directed by Susumu Hani and co-scripted by him with Shūji Terayama. It is one of Hani's best known works. In the West, it is known as Nanami, The Inferno of First Love or as Nanami, First Love. The movie focuses on the pain of emerging from adolescence. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968. Many film scholars consider this work to be one of Hani's major achievements, while others judge the film to be commercial and exploitive.Synopsis
Shun, ciseleur en orfèvrerie, d'un caractère plutôt timide et docile, s'éprend de Nanami, employée dans un peep-show, jeune femme extravertie et anticonformiste. Très inhibé, le jeune homme refuse toute relation sexuelle. Les deux amants se contentent d'échanger leurs propres souvenirs d'adolescents. Mais, ils ne savent comment exprimer leurs sentiments et encore moins ce à quoi ils aspirent...