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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
JP
Genres:
Drama
Release:
October 1988
Production:
Toei Company
Cast:
Ken Ogata, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kimiko Ikegami, Morio Kazama, Eri Ishida, Yoshiko Nakada, Mineko Nishikawa, Mikio Narita, Keizo Kanie, Renji Ishibashi, Takashi Naito, Eri Saitou, Miki Sanjō, Yūsaku Matsuda
Tags:
poetry, romance, art, period drama, historical, literary adaptation, taisho