History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

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 film by director Shohei Imamura.

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Directed byShohei Imamura
Produced by
  • Nobuyo Horiba
  • Motoo Ogasawara[1]
Screenplay byShohei Imamura[1]
Starring
  • Emiko Akaza
  • Etsuko Akaza
  • Akemi Akaza
Music byHarumi Ibe[1]
CinematographyMasao Tochikawa[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 6 March 1970 (1970-03-06) (Japan)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
CountryJapan

After the poor box-office performance of his ambitious 1968 film, The Profound Desire of the Gods, Imamura decided to undertake a more modestly budgeted film. This was Imamura's second foray into the documentary format, after 1967's A Man Vanishes. Characteristically, Imamura seeks to investigate an alternative interpretation of recent Japanese history through the eyes of a person living in the lower strata of that society.

Beginning with this film, Imamura was to spend the next decade working in the documentary format. He returned to purely fictional narrative with Vengeance is Mine (1979).

Release

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess was released in Japan 3 June 1970 where it was distributed by Toho.[1] The film was shown in Los Angeles in 1998 with any earlier American release being undetermined.[2]

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 267.
  2. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 268.

Sources
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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