Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes |
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... Sachiko , the sweetest of maternal prostitutes . Like most suffering heroines Sachiko lost her parents soon after she was born . She was also raped by a big , bad American soldier during the occupation : this cliché is almost a required ...
... Sachiko , the sweetest of maternal prostitutes . Like most suffering heroines Sachiko lost her parents soon after she was born . She was also raped by a big , bad American soldier during the occupation : this cliché is almost a required ...
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... Sachiko's breast cradling his sleeping head . Sachiko ponders : ' That night the old madam's son came in my body . Now he's sound asleep , looking so serene . At that moment I was happy too ; perhaps one day I too shall be a mother ...
... Sachiko's breast cradling his sleeping head . Sachiko ponders : ' That night the old madam's son came in my body . Now he's sound asleep , looking so serene . At that moment I was happy too ; perhaps one day I too shall be a mother ...
Page 107
... Sachiko has sex , of course , for that is the prostitute's trade , but , as Nosaka's character said , she does not feel anything . Sex is just an instrument to make men feel good . In another Sachiko comic an elegant kimonoed lady turns ...
... Sachiko has sex , of course , for that is the prostitute's trade , but , as Nosaka's character said , she does not feel anything . Sex is just an instrument to make men feel good . In another Sachiko comic an elegant kimonoed lady turns ...
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