The 74-year-old grandmother "stands on the street" every day, living by selling her body, and her heavy makeup is only to see her American lover again! What kind of story is hidden behind her?
The grandmother's name has long been forgotten, and people always call her "Yokohama Marie". That's right, this is an elderly person living in Yokohama, Japan, who has taken away her beauty over the years, and now only loose skin and white-powdered cheeks.
Every day, old people dress up in the traditional Japanese costume of prostitutes and stand on the streets to solicit customers. People come and go with disgusted eyes. Whether it is a client or not.
Why did this old woman still stand on the street and laugh at such an age? This has to start with her background, of course, going back to a long, long time ago.
Born into a wealthy family in Yokohama, Mary Yokohama received a good education from an early age and was also good at singing and dancing. In addition to her, there is a younger brother in the family, and the relationship between the siblings has always been salty.
After the death of his parents, Yokohama was kicked out by his younger brother because then the property could belong to him alone. The cornered Yokohama Mary was tricked into the "foreign club" and became the plaything of American soldiers.
In fact, many people have understood that this is clearly a comfort woman! In order to curry favor with the Americans, the Japanese government at that time lured a large number of young Japanese women to serve as sex slaves of the US military.
After this "foreign club" was canceled, Yokohama Marie was forced to work as a prostitute and serve the street gangsters because she had no survival skills.
However, one day, Yokohama Marie suddenly disappeared, and the people who cared about her inquired from all sides, and finally learned the news of her good life!
It turns out that an American major falls in love with Mary Yokohama and brings her home to Japan. The two lived together for a long time and were said to be happy, and Marie Yokohama also received an emerald ring as a token of love.
But the good times did not last long, and the American major received an order to return home, and he had to leave. Before leaving, he promised Yokohama Mary that once he was stable, he would take her to live in the United States. Despite his reluctance, his lover was destined to leave, and Marie Yokohama had to send him on board and return home.
In the days that followed, Marie Yokohama had been looking forward to the return of her lover, but life had to go on, how could she survive without survival skills?
In the end, she chose to become a prostitute again, but she would dress up like a geisha, and the exaggeration was scary.
Each guest visits with a curious attitude, but they must abide by a convention that they must never touch Yokohama Marie's mouth, because she will leave her kiss to an American lover!
For nearly 60 years, Marie Yokohama made a living selling skin and meat, and was arrested dozens of times by the police, but each time she was released, she would immediately stand on the street and continue to provide special services.
At the end of the story, Marie Yokohama lived a normal life for a short time, living on relief every day and living on a park bench. She died in a hospital in Yokohama in 2005.
Regarding the American major, some people say that he died of cancer when he returned to Japan, and others say that he returned to Japan to marry and have children, and he did not remember returning to Yokohama Mary at all.
So why does the friend think he didn't come back to find Marie Yokohama? Welcome to leave a message to discuss!
Author: Old Time Dream Story Proofreading: Kawagawa
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