I love the movie and the actors, but.
After WW2 the Japanese government negotiated with Macarthur for many things. One was a way to keep our GIs away from their civilian women. The vast majority of the women our guys met were prostitutes. Some were Japanese and some were leftover Korean comfort girls they were lovely and compliant and easy to fall for. This in conjunction with severe prejudice against Japan for their war atrocities AND miscegenation laws forced military leaders to transfer soldiers if they disobeyed orders and married one. The transfers were mild punishment they could have been court marshalled. I've lived there twice and love it and the women but those are the facts. After 1952 the bar girls were volunteers but still many were outcasts, others were looking for a better life.
After WW2 the Japanese government negotiated with Macarthur for many things. One was a way to keep our GIs away from their civilian women. The vast majority of the women our guys met were prostitutes. Some were Japanese and some were leftover Korean comfort girls they were lovely and compliant and easy to fall for. This in conjunction with severe prejudice against Japan for their war atrocities AND miscegenation laws forced military leaders to transfer soldiers if they disobeyed orders and married one. The transfers were mild punishment they could have been court marshalled. I've lived there twice and love it and the women but those are the facts. After 1952 the bar girls were volunteers but still many were outcasts, others were looking for a better life.