History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
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)
- Year: 1970
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Nihon Eiga Shinsha
- Keyword: post war japan, shōwa era (1926-89)
- Director: Shōhei Imamura
- Cast: Emiko Akaza
