Watch Order
0 / 3 watchedThree New Wave dramas in release order.
About Susumu Hani
Susumu Hani led Japanese New Wave realism with non-actors and location shoots. She and He from 1963 follows a housewife near a buraku slum slated for clearance, shot with quiet street detail. Song of Bwana Toshi from 1965 tracks an African exchange worker facing small-town bias in Japan.
Nanami Inferno from 1968 closes the run with a bolder youth revolt tale mixing stage craft and street life. Hani reuses handheld calm and real faces, but each film grows more direct. Street faces and slum detail reward viewers who track all three social studies. Watch in release order to feel the shift from housing study to race study to youth revolt across five years.
Good to know
Watch in release order from 1963 through 1965 to 1968. Films stand apart, but housing, bias and revolt themes deepen across the run. Each runs near 100 minutes in black and white or color. Start with She and He for the quiet slum study, then Bwana Toshi for the race lens, ending with Nanami Inferno for the youth break. Location realism links them, so slum streets prime the later revolt watch.
