At the insistence of his investor, Hani later asked Terayama to lend his name to the film for his appeal among younger audiences.

[4] Nanami, a nude dancer, and her friend Shun, who is still a virgin, rent a room in a love hotel.

A customer of Nanami, Ankokuji, talks her into participating in photo shoots of lesbian sadomasochism and erotic catfights, attended by other clients of the red-light district and by yakuza.

On his way there, Shun is stopped by Ankokuji's former red light district associates, who try to press him into telling them Nanami's whereabouts.

[7] In 2012, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia included the film in his personal top ten (for The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time poll), writing: "Nanami: Inferno of First Love delivers emerging adolescent sexuality and lyrical debauchery as only the Japanese New Wave can.