A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Kinji Fukasaku
Writing:
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Tomomi Tsutsui
- Fumio Kōnami
Stars:
Release Date: 1988-10-01
7.5/10
7.5/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 139
Kan Yosano
Harufusa Hatano
Akiko Yosano
Sumako Matsui
Akiko Hatano
Sakae Osugi
Noe Ito
Tomiko Yamakawa
Takino Hayashi
Hogetsu Shimamura
Shojiro Sawada
Kyutaro Wada
Natsuko Fukao
Arishima's mother
Takeo Arishima
Natsuko Fukao
