History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Synopsis

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)

Main Cast

Emiko Akaza

Self

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Shōhei Imamura
Writing	Writer	Shōhei Imamura
Camera	Director of Photography	Masao Tochizawa
Production	Producer	Nobuyo Horiba Motoo Ogasawara
Department	Role	Name

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