History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Release Date: 1970-06-03
Overview: 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)
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Emiko Akaza
as Self
Crew
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Shōhei Imamura - Director
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Shōhei Imamura - Writer
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Motoo Ogasawara - Producer
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Nobuyo Horiba - Producer
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Masao Tochizawa - Director of Photography
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