A Chaos of Flowers

2h 19min

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.

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
Eri Ishida

Eri Ishida

Noe Ito
Yoshiko Nakada

Yoshiko Nakada

Tomiko Yamakawa
Mineko Nishikawa

Mineko Nishikawa

Takino Hayashi
Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Harufusa Hatano
Keizo Kanie

Keizo Kanie

Hogetsu Shimamura
Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Shojiro Sawada
Takashi Naito

Takashi Naito

Kyutaro Wada
Eri Saitou

Eri Saitou

Natsuko Fukao
Miki Sanjō

Miki Sanjō

Arishima's mother
Yūsaku Matsuda

Yūsaku Matsuda

Takeo Arishima

Release date

1st Oct 1988

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語