Nippon Sengoshi - Madamu Omboro no Seikatsu
A History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
(c)1970 Toho Co.,Ltd.
(c)1970 Toho Co.,Ltd.
- Release Date
- June, 3rd, 1970
- Running Time
- 105 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Monochrome
- Screening Format
- -
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- IMAMURA Shohei ── Screenplay
- TOCHIZAWA Masao ── Photography
- HASEGAWA Yoshio ── Sound
[ Production Company ]
Nippon Eiga Shinsha
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOHO
[ Story ]
Etsuko, the hostess of a Yokosuka drinking establishment catering to foreigners, reflects on her past for the camera. Encouraged by the results of his experimental pseudo-documentary A Man Vanishes (Ningen johatsu, 1967), Imamura was only too happy to accept this commission from newsreel and documentary production company Nippon Eiga Shinsha. The film interweaves Estuko's matter-of-fact descriptions of her life of hardship with actual newsreel footage of the era's political events, presenting a compelling cross-section glimpse of the nation's postwar history.
Taken from text originally written for National Film Archive of Japan screening program
Rearranged by FUJIWARA Masao
Translated by Adam Sutherland
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