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)
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Writer
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Night Will Fall76%
The Class of ‘9271%
A Plastic Ocean75%
The Last Waltz76%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound68%
McQueen74%
Directed by John Ford70%
Nail Bomber: Manhunt65%
Sherman's March67%
Daft Punk Unchained71%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Padomju stāsts73%
The War Room68%
The Age of Stupid65%
180° South72%
Harmontown66%
Zeitgeist: The Movie69%
Maternal Instinct72%
