A Chaos of Flowers
Where: |
Liaoning Province Hokkaido Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture |
When: |
The 1900s The 1920s |
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.
Released in 1988 — 139 minutes
Genre: |
Drama |
Language: |
Japanese |
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