History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)

Original title

にっぽん戦後史 マダムおんぼろの生活

Directed by

Shohei Imamura

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A bar hostess recounts her life and experiences in Japan after World War II. The film weaves her personal story with the larger social and economic changes of the era.

intimateconversationalreflectiverawpersonalsocially observantgrimly honest

What happens

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (にっぽん戦後史 マダムおんぼろの生活, Nippon sengoshi – Madamu Onboro no seikatsu) is a 1970 Japanese documentary film directed and written by Shōhei Imamura. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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