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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)
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
Runtime: 105 min.
Released: June 3, 1970
Status: Released
Certification: NR
