History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Name: History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Director: Shōhei Imamura
Released: 1970
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Chieko Akaza, Etsuko Akaza, Tami Akaza, Fukumi Kuroda, Emiko Takada

1970 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 244 VOTES · DIR. Shōhei Imamura

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Overview

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)

Dialogue Timeline — 1,271 lines

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00:00:13 A production NICHIEI-SHINSHA

00:06:46 Radio networks then weren't so developed

00:10:46 What?

00:15:19 - You mean the black market? - Exactly.

00:19:29 so I thought being with a policeman would have its advantages.

00:24:21 Soon I understood I couldn't count on him.

00:28:37 We the Korean War we profited even more.

00:33:18 He still thinks the letter was written by my friend.

00:37:47 He stopped going with prostitutes, but...

00:41:53 and had gaudy nail polish.

00:46:27 I didn't pay little.

00:50:12 If you commit a crime you have to pay for it.

00:53:55 and asked me to sign it.

00:57:45 Everyone listened incredulous.

01:02:30 I west to live with my mother

01:06:00 I wonder if they feel alone and abandoned because of me.

01:09:53 - How did he behave? - He wasn't very able socially

01:13:44 - To a Japanese? - No, a foreigner.

01:18:00 - Where was the hospital? - It was... over there.

01:21:43 Were you pregnant by Ken or Jean?

01:25:05 was running a shop and, finally, had found the husband she wanted.

01:28:50 I was afraid, I didn't go out of the house.

01:32:43 They came of to the "Candy" club.

01:36:42 but I'm human, I can make mistakes.

Cast & Characters

Chieko Akaza Etsuko Akaza Tami Akaza Fukumi Kuroda Emiko Takada Self Rikiya Yasuoka

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,271

Dialogue density12.1 lines / min

First line00:00:13

Final line01:36:42

Production Record

DirectorShōhei Imamura

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes244