A Chaos of Flowers

Set in the Taisho era, 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.

Director

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers

Fumio Kōnami, Kinji Fukasaku, Tomomi Tsutsui, Michiko Nagahata

Released

October 1, 1988

Language

Japanese