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The Great Happiness Space
DVD
76 min
2006
HQ247 .O78 G74 2006 DVD
The 'Great Happiness Space' is Osaka's Rakkyo Café: a club run by ambitious young entrepreneur Issei, where a core staff of 20 young men are groomed to become the top male escorts in the city. But contrary to expectations, these boy-toys are (mostly) heterosexual, and their clients are strictly female: attractive young women who are willing to spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars on these sharp-dressing, smooth-talking young men. A cold-eyed study of love for sale, this is one of the most puzzling, paradoxical, and provocative documentaries of the year.
Directed by Jake Clennell.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Distributed by Mongrel Media.
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