Film

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Name: History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1970-06-03

1970 · 1h 45m · Documentary · History

IMDb: 7.2

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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)