Hanasareru Gang actually encapsulates three titles in one, for when written without Kanji characters, it can describe a gang that is โon everyoneโs lipsโ, โfloweryโ or โseparated from one otherโ. The film plays with these different meanings to tell the not strictly chronological story of a fun-loving young woman who joins up with a pair of petty criminals. After they steal a car containing a suitcase full of bank notes, they must go their separate ways. When the characters comment on the action in voiceover, ask how much more time the film is going to give them, quote from โThe Adventures of Tom Sawyerโ or suddenly jump back and forth between tragedy and slapstick in tune with the music, one might think that Pierrot le fou got lost and ended up in Japan.
DirectorNobuhiro Suwa
