Word: geishas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hundreds of Japanese firms. U.S. military purchases, and spending by U.N. soldiers on leave from Korea or stationed in Japan, more than made up for the annual deficit in Japan's foreign trade. In the big cities, fishtail Cadillacs, gaudy nightclubs, air-conditioned office buildings and huge geisha parties reflected the boom...
...more cute than droll, more hack-professional than peasantlike. It is not until the teahouse is building that the captain and the colonel are sufficiently at odds to become hilarious. And it is not until the teahouse is built, and there is music and graceful Mariko Niki's geisha dance, that the play takes on its tinkly charm. But by keeping its best foot backward, The Teahouse ends on just the right note of wistful gaiety...
...villagers shower the arriving captain with gifts, among which is a Geisha girl named Lotus Blossom for his own exclusive use. Lotus Blossom is played by Mariko Niki, a lovely young Japanese actress who is fragially feminine and completely enchanting in the role...
Yokohama Mama (Harry Kari; Capitol). In a voice that has the sibilant Oriental inflections of a Peter Lorre, a fellow who calls himself Harry Kari explains how he got snared by a geisha girl...
...worries U.S. experts is Japan's inability to prepare for hard times to come. Instead of using the war boom to cut costs and improve techniques, Japan has wasted its opportunity in a huge orgy of luxury spending on everything from Cadillacs and new office buildings to enormous geisha parties. And when & if a depression comes, it is the Communists who will be able to make the most...