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3. Host club documentary
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 07:54 PM
Apr 2013

Was the movie you watched called "The Great Happiness Space"? If so, it's about the most beautifully edited documentary I've ever seen! By the end, you feel like you've really been squinting through a peephole into a host's life, and the director did it all without narration, by cutting together interviews with actual hosts and their customers. It's not the whole story of what it's like to be a host, and some things that are usual for the main guy in the film aren't typical for most hosts, but it's an amazingly accurate depiction of a world that absolutely doesn't exist in the West.

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Fallen Angel [View all] wet.hen88 Apr 2013 OP
I saw a movie about them on Netflix, but I can't remember the name Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #1
Host club documentary JonellePatrick Apr 2013 #3
Yes, that was the name--thank you! Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #4
Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin Apr 2013 #5
yes! wet.hen88 Apr 2013 #2
I'm enjoying the books Lydia Leftcoast May 2013 #6
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