History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)

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)

Released June 3, 1970 105 min None+

Genres: Documentary, History

Keywords: imdb.japan, imdb.japanese-new-wave, imdb.prostitution, imdb.post-world-war-two, imdb.post-war, mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.showa-era-1926-89 + 2 more, tmdb.post-war-japan, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Nihon Eiga Shinsha

Country: Japan
Production Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese