Rikon Kurabu

Also known as: 離婚倶楽部, Le Club des Divorcés, Rikon Club, Divorce Club, El Club del Divorcio, Il Club delle Divorziate

by Kazuo Kamimura

Yuko, known as "Mama", is only 25 years old. She ties her hair to look older and more credible in her role as a hostess bar owner in Ginza, a suburb of Tokyo. Despite her youth, she has been divorced for two years and has a baby girl, Asako, whom she has placed with her mother in the countryside. Regularly harassed by her ex-husband, she must also manage the excesses of her employees, the indelicacy of the customers, her attraction to Ken-Chan, her bartender, and financial problems at the dawn of a major economic crisis.