Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief, The

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 - buying their time, `financially worshipping` them, in return for `sweet conversation` and ... ahem, other services. A cold-eyed study of love for sale, this is one of the most puzzling, paradoxical, and provocative documentaries of the year. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)