A Chaos of Flowers
- Released on
- Runtime
- 139 mins
Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.
Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.
Cast
- Ken Ogata
- Sayuri Yoshinaga
- Keiko Matsuzaka
- Kimiko Ikegami
- Morio Kazama
- Eri Ishida
- Yoshiko Nakada
- Mineko Nishikawa
- Mikio Narita
- Keizo Kanie
- Renji Ishibashi
- Takashi Naito
- Eri Saitou
- Miki Sanjō
- Yūsaku Matsuda
Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
