Mama-san

‘I had a last go at the film festival, hoping those Thai mammasans would stir you up with some juice kiddy-porn.’

"We just get one very small meal – a single rice ball or piece of bread," said Mieko Kono, a hostess bar "mama-san" who looks spectacularly out of place in the municipal office, dolled up as she is in her work clothes of leopard-print top and slacks.