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

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:13 A production NICHIEI-SHINSHA

00:06:54 But I understood clearly that the war was over.

00:11:00 He told my classmates my family had a butcher shop

00:15:47 I think they did that.

00:20:05 IMPRISONMENT OF POLITICAL DETAINEES

00:25:09 I brought Akemi into the world, but my husband didn't change.

00:29:42 I wanted a separation, but he feared gossip.

00:34:25 No, his mother let rooms.

00:39:22 For this reason you left Shimura?

00:43:24 In front of the EM Club was a place called Blue Moon.

00:48:00 Akemi and Mami live in the place along with other people..

00:51:52 I thought if what they were saying were true

00:55:48 the hereditary married Miss Michiko.

01:00:16 they also said: "Yankee, go home!"

01:04:35 No, I was offended.

01:08:57 My sister didn't work and had a optimal husband.

01:12:33 I got pregnant.

01:16:36 Soldiers of the Vietnam government and the Americans

01:20:40 "You'll be disinherited if you give birth to a baby with blue eyes.

01:24:19 Study is the parents' responsibility.

01:28:02 - For you even he's like that? - Yes. When I'm depressed...

01:32:15 It can happen even when parents keep a close eye on their children.

01:36:21 Now it's not what it used to be, nor does the Yokosuka base have a future.

300:00:00 from all over Japan

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 line300:00:00

Production Record

DirectorShōhei Imamura

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes244