A Chaos of Flowers

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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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Creators

Kinji Fukasaku

director

Kinji Fukasaku

writer

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Fumio Kōnami

writer

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Tomomi Tsutsui

writer

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Michiko Nakahata

writer

Cast

Ken Ogata actor Sayuri Yoshinaga actor Keiko Matsuzaka actor

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Kimiko Ikegami actor Morio Kazama actor

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Eri Ishida actor

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Yoshiko Nakada actor

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Mineko Nishikawa actor

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Mikio Narita actor

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Keizō Kanie actor Renji Ishibashi actor

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Takashi Naitō actor

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Eri Saitou actor

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Miki Sanjō actor Yusaku Matsuda actor