Nippon sengoshi – Madame Onboro no seikatsu
The History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
L'Histoire du Japon racontée par une hôtesse de bar
1970
Japan
105 minutes
Japanese
In a film theatre, Imamura shows Madame Onboro news-reels covering the main social events that have shaken Japan and other parts of the world since the Second World War. The former bar-hostess and prostitute seems little concerned with all that, the official version of History does not appear to have affected her own personal history…
Production :
Nihon Eiga Shinsha
Nihon Eiga Shinsha
Distribution :
Films sans frontières
Films sans frontières
Sound :
Yoshio Hasegawa
Yoshio Hasegawa
Photography :
Masao Tochizawa
Masao Tochizawa
