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

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Director

Shōhei Imamura

Runtime

105 minutes

Original release date

1970-06-03 (TMDB; may differ from the UK release)

Original title

にっぽん戦後史 マダムおんぼろの生活

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)