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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Writing | Fumio Kōnami | Writer |
Directing | Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
Editing | Isamu Ichida | Editor |
Writing | Michiko Nakahata | Original Story |
Writing | Kinji Fukasaku | Writer |
Writing | Tomomi Tsutsui | Writer |
Art | Akira Naitô | Art Direction |
Sound | Takayuki Inoue | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Daisaku Kimura | Director of Photography |