Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru

*Spring and Chaos* offers a distinctive biographical portrait of Kenji Miyazawa, one of modern Japan’s most celebrated poets. Employing a highly stylized and emotionally charged visual approach, the film adapts Miyazawa’s own literary methods to narrate his life. Because Miyazawa frequently cast animals as protagonists in his poetry and fiction, director Shoji Kawamori adopts that same device, bringing the poet’s imaginary realm of Ihatov to life and transforming it into the setting for his personal story. Poignant and visually striking, *Spring and Chaos* stands as an evocative homage to one of Japan’s foremost literary figures.