History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Year: 1970

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Shôhei Imamura

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Through Etsuko, a bar manager serving foreign patrons in Yokosuka, Shohei Imamura chronicles twenty‑five years of postwar Japan. The film follows her from the countryside through the atomic bombing aftermath, black‑market trade, prostitution for American soldiers and the Korean War, portraying the era through a single woman's experience.

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