A Chaos of Flowers
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.
Drama
7.5
2 reviewsRuntime: 139 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1988-10-01
Director(s): Kinji Fukasaku
Production: Toei Company
Languages: Japanese
IMDB: tt0095272
