History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

• Cast: Emiko Akaza
• Duration: 105 minutes
• Genre: Documentary, History
• Rating: 6/10
• Release Date: 1970-06-03

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)