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History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
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History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

6.0 (10 votes)
1970
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)

Production

Nihon Eiga Shinsha

Languages

Japanese

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