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History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Documentary, History · 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
Crew
- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Writer
- Shōhei Imamura
- Director of Photography
- Masao Tochizawa
- Original Music Composer
- Harumi Ibe, Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Producer
- Motoo Ogasawara, Nobuyo Horiba
Details
- Original title
- にっぽん戦後史 マダムおんぼろの生活
- Release date
- 1970-06-03
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nihon Eiga Shinsha