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I wanted to bring this documentary back up The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
A few years ago I saw this documentary posted on /t/, It was literally an experience to watch this documentary and learn in depth about the lives and misfortunes of host club workers in Japan. Anyone who hasn't watched this is in luck, as I've seen it over and over again. Highly recommended

Torrent: http://www.mininova.org/get/790833
>> ???????Tripfag??????? !REDREDLOGo
FUCK YES.

I lost it, and I wanted it back forever.
>> Anonymous
I do not see any subtitle file with this, is this hardsubbed?
>> ???????Tripfag??????? !REDREDLOGo
>>251536
Yep.
>> Anonymous
OP here: the director has also recently made another documentary called "Kokoyakyu", which is about the intensity of the competition in high school baseball in japan. Supposed to be just as good.
>> Anonymous
i remember that everyone on 4chan loved this movie
>> Anonymous
This was pretty good.

Poor guys will have hell in later years. If memory serves one says his liver was already fucked at 25.
>> Anonymous
Oh fuck, I remember this, but had to delete due to not having any space left. THANKS OP!
>> Anonymous
Sounds good, thanks OP
>> Anonymous
Host Clubs? FUCKED UP LIVER FROM ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
Hostess Clubs? FUCKED UP MOUTH FROM GIVING TOO MUCH HEAD
>> Anonymous
What's the resolution?
>> Anonymous
lol I too deleted it but have been thinking about dling it again
>> Anonymous
>>251533
Is this what the Japanese standard for handsome is? They all seem kinda androgynous to me.
>> Anonymous
thanks
>> Anonymous
>>251570

Op here: if you watch the movie you'll understand that women who go to the host clubs, and women in general need emotional healing from these hosts rather than physical healing.
>> Anonymous
>>251570

welcome to the world of most asian men
>> Anonymous
is this the version that is hard subbed in both English and Portugese?
>> Anonymous
>>251607

Yup! Got another one?
>> Anonymous
>>251608
nope :(
>> Anonymous
mininova seems to be down right now.
pain in the ass, i kinda want to see this.
shame about the portuguese though.
>> Anonymous
Oh oh oh! I'm the one who uploaded it back then. =3

Seriously, everyone needs to see this.
>> Anonymous
It's also on Netflix (The Great Happiness Space), so if the DL doesn't work, those of you with Netflix accounts can still get it.

It was pretty awesome. At first I thought it would be a damning indictment on the host guys, but it equally showed their tired, hard living, and the fact that some of the girls are just crazy bitches who want to collect a host as if he were a rare expensive designer bag/car/object.

Crazy, interesting. One of the better documentaries out there.
>> Anonymous
>>251618
Netflix ain't available in my country.
ythink you can put the torrent on rapidshare or something? mininova is either not working at all or being unbearably slow for me.
the actual .torrent file itself is taking forever to download (2.2kb/s)
>> Anonymous
i got a hardsubbed spanish/english version.

Very good documentary.
>> Anonymous
My Japanese 203 class watched this with Tokyo-dialect subtitles. Was an experience, and I definitely recommend you take a look.
>> Anonymous
didn't think this would be as interesting as it was. watching documentaries usually leaves me feeling fulfilled. thanks for the up.
>> Anonymous
This doc., whilst entertaining, is mostly wrong. The scene is hardly as glamorous as the director makes it out to be. The liver part is mostly bullshit too.

Speaking from experience, lack of time for details.
>> Anonymous
>>251705
Sure...
>> Anonymous
>>251705
w.e, i think it was quite clear for the director to show the viewer that it wasn't glamorous at all and how could the liver thing be fake? the dude clearly drinks a shitload everyday.
stop TRYING to be a critic, you're not fooling any coolies.
>> Anonymous
Wouldn't mind doing this job for a year or so... Probably couldn't go on with it for too long though.
>> Anonymous
>>251788
Except that nobody wants fat ugly anonymous as host.
>> Anonymous
Awesome documentary. From the outside it seems like it's an easy job, then that guy says that even if you throw up blood halfway through the night, you have to go back and keep drinking and entertaining.

Shit's fucked up.
>> Anonymous
Me watching the girl open her 5th bottle of $5000 champain -

"Wow, that bitch is in rough fucking shape"
>> Anonymous
>>251705
Reported for trolling, back off to /b/ with you.
>> Samurai School IVXX
Right on,Thanks for the link bro!
>> Anonymous
Downloaded and watched (and seeding, by the way). It was an all-around good documentary, though I admit the poorly done Portugese subtitles above the professional English subtitles were somewhat irritating.
>> Anonymous
>>252231
Before dling this, what do you mean by "above"?
Two different lines, like
- obrigado
- thank you
at the same time, but still readable?
>> Anonymous
>>252242
That's the general idea, yes, but the placement is a slight bit annoying. The English (official) subtitles are tucked all the way down to the bottom of the screen, but the Portuguese subtitles are above them and scream out in an ugly (but common) shade of yellow.
>> Anonymous
Why did i cry in the end?
I need to fap on some more cp to fix this.
>> Anonymous
Is there any Portuguese subtitle or not?
>> Anonymous
>>252311
Yes, there are Portuguese subtitles above English subtitles. Both are hardsubbed.
>> Anonymous
>>252320
obrigado.
>> Anonymous
thanks was quite an interesting documentary anyone have a link to the one about Japanese high school baseball
>> Anonymous
>>252412
GRAMMAR MOTHERFUCKER! LEARN IT!
>> Anonymous
gaijin host

http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/exclusive-video-interview-with-a-gaijin-host-parts-1-2/
>> Anonymous
I liked it alot. Man, brings back memories from a while ago.
>> Anonymous
>>251533
I actually used this documentary as one of my primary sources for a term paper on Japanese gender politics at the University of Michigan. I got an A on that shit, haha.
>> Anonymous
>>252412
I'd like to see this too
>> Anonymous
>>251643
Your Japanese 203 class SUCKS HARD because there is no "Tokyo-dialect"
>> Anonymous
Wait? There really are japanese women selling their bodys so they can afford male prostitues? ò_Ó How stupid is that? I mean ok, i could understand /b/ doing it, but anyone else?
>> Anonymous
oh god 4chinks has outweeabooed itself
>> Anonymous
>>253034
then gtfo
>> Anonymous
interesting stuff, thanks for the torrent.
>> Anonymous
Thanks. I caught the tail end of this on the Sundance Channel and wanted to see the whole thing.
>> Anonymous
Rapidshare.com ?
>> Anonymous
Whole thing is up on Youtube. Hopefully it doesn't get taken down:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22The+Great+Happiness+Space%22&search_type=&aq=
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>> Anonymous
It's also an Instant Watch title on Netflix for those that have it and don't want to wait for the torrent do d/l.
>> Anonymous
thank you op for bringing this great documentary to my attention...
>> Anonymous
Only 20-something years old and he's already the owner of his own club making at least $30,000 a month. God damn...
>> Anonymous
Saw this when it was first posted here.

Good shit, definitely worth a watch. Some pretty fucked up looking girls with fucked up issues.
>> jack
Great documentary, Hard to believe thoughs women think the relationships might go somewhere.
>> Anonymous
>>254835
We have a winner!
>> Anonymous
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Good documentary. I used to work with these guys, mostly with Takuya who isn't interviewed and just seen in here. Issei has started up two clubs since, Loveless and Clover and I worked at Clover for a little bit before taking a break for a bit.

It truly isn't as glamorous as people make it out to be. We have to lie to women and string out their love as long as we can before they get bored and go elsewhere. I will be honest when I say I broke down and fucked girls and lost half my customers because well, I'm a manwhore here in Osaka.

Good documentary, but a bit skewed from a western perspective. Asians love these fake love relationships and its ever present in everything from simulation video games to job promotions (dating people for business or jobs) to the hostess and host thing. So it's really not reasonable for such an ethical questioning since the customers and everyone KNOWS what the business is. That's the reason they come to the bars in the first place.

>> Anonymous
>>255048
orly.
>> Anonymous
>>255048
If that's true, here's a question; what do they do with all that fucking money? Like, you learn that the girls are all in the same sort of business, and they spend all their money at these host clubs. What do the hosts spend it on? Saving? Their clothes and accessories can't really be that much...
>> Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qK5u0NcNYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qK5u0NcNYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qK5u0NcNYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qK5u0NcNYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qK5u0NcNYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qK5u0NcNYA
>> Anonymous
Fantastic film. Although it's a shame it had hardsubbed the ape language above the english aswell.

Also, that fat quiet prostitute with the dog broke my heart every time I cut back too her, goddamn.
>> Anonymous
>>255048

What a joke, I hope you sleep better at night knowing you fooled a couple fat twelve year old weeaboo's.
>> Anonymous
seems to be a lot of dream factories feeding off one another in order to function over there