History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

06/03/1970

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1hr 45min

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Documentary

,History

STORY

Postwar Japan as it is described by Etsuko, the manager of a bar catering to foreigners in Yokosuka. The way of life of a woman brimming with vitality, who skipped the countryside right after the war and, with her womanhood as a weapon, lived through atomic bombings, black markets, prostitution aimed at American soldiers and the Korean War. Inserting newsreels, Shohei Imamura depicts the history of twenty-five years in the Japanese postwar by way of the female body. (doclisboa)

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Emiko Akaza

    Directors

  • Shōhei Imamura
  • Motoo Ogasawara

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Nihon Eiga Shinsha

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese