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Distro - JAPAN. 1999. Double Lives. 

Bruce Gilden 

Japan is no longer the home of the "comfort women" who were forced to work as sex slaves during World War II. Today, many Japanese prostitutes enjoy far more freedom. They are often "middle-class" women using prostitution to supplement their income. Well-educated women who are mothers and students have started using prostitution to fill financial as well as emotional voids in their lives. Over the past few years this "double life" phenomena has become a growing trend within the Japanese society. Many television programs and dramas glorifying this subject have emerged in recent years. The booming... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Ayumi Sakai, 28, former prostitute and novelist.... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Ayumi Sakai, 28, former prostitute and novelist.... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Maki (left) & Rie (right), both 27 years... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Ayumi Sakai, 28, former prostitute and novelist.... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Ayumi Sakai, 28, former prostitute and novelist.... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Maki (left) & Rie (right), both 27 years... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Eriko, 22, is a chemistry student by day.... 

Bruce Gilden 1999

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1999. Eriko, 22, is a chemistry student by day.... 
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