A Chaos of Flowers

    A Chaos of Flowers
    1988

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Ken OgataKan Yosano
    • Sayuri YoshinagaAkiko Yosano
    • Keiko MatsuzakaSumako Matsui
    • Kimiko IkegamiAkiko Hatano
    • Morio KazamaSakae Osugi
    • Eri IshidaNoe Ito
    • Yoshiko NakadaTomiko Yamakawa
    • Mineko NishikawaTakino Hayashi
    • Mikio NaritaHarufusa Hatano
    • Keizo KanieHogetsu Shimamura

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