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)
Director: Shōhei Imamura
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Emiko Akaza as Self |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Director |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Writer |
| Production | Nobuyo Horiba | Producer |
| Production | Motoo Ogasawara | Producer |
| Camera | Masao Tochizawa | Director of Photography |
