A Chaos of Flowers (1988)

7.5/10 • 139 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Ken Ogata

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Keiko Matsuzaka

Kimiko Ikegami

Morio Kazama

Eri Ishida

Yoshiko Nakada

Tomiko Yamakawa

Mineko Nishikawa

Mikio Narita

Harufusa Hatano

Keizo Kanie

Hogetsu Shimamura

Renji Ishibashi

Takashi Naito

Eri Saitou

Miki Sanjō

Arishima's mother

Yūsaku Matsuda

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