History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

1h 45m

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

Emiko Akaza

Self

Crew

Shōhei Imamura

Director, Writer

Masao Tochizawa

Director of Photography

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Cast

Crew

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