Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru
English title: Spring and Chaos
Japanese title: イーハトーブ幻想 Kenjiの春
Alternative titles: Kenji's Spring
Type: Movie
Source: Novel
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Dec 14, 1996
Duration: 56 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Group TAC
Licensors: Tokyopop
Genres: Drama
Themes: Anthropomorphic, Historical

A unique biographical sketch of the life of the great modern Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, Spring and Chaos is a highly stylized and intense film that draws on Miyazawa's writing techniques to tell his life story. Miyazawa often used animals as the main characters in his stories and poems, and it is this technique that allows director Shoji Kawamori to recreate Miyazawa's fanciful land of Ihatov and use it as the backdrop for Miyazawa's life. Beautiful and affecting, Spring and Chaos is a fitting tribute to one of Japan's greatest writers.

(Source: Rotten Tomatoes)