A Chaos of Flowers Poster

A Chaos of Flowers

80.00% | October 1, 1988 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Fumio Kōnami
Writer
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Isamu Ichida
Editor

Cast

Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata
Kan Yosano
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Akiko Yosano
Keiko Matsuzaka
Keiko Matsuzaka
Sumako Matsui
Kimiko Ikegami
Kimiko Ikegami
Akiko Hatano
Morio Kazama
Morio Kazama
Sakae Osugi

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