Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter

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Saga, Junichi., Bester, John. (1991) Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld Kodansha America Dubro, A.; Kaplan, David E. (1986). Yakuza: The Explosive Account of Japan's Criminal Underworld. Da Capo Press. pp.18–21. ISBN 978-0-201-11151-4. The tekiya were a highly structured and hierarchical group with the oyabun (boss) at the top and kobun (gang members) at the bottom. [15] This hierarchy resembles a structure similar to the family – in traditional Japanese culture, the oyabun was often regarded as a surrogate father, and the kobun as surrogate children. [15] During the Edo period, the government formally recognized the tekiya. At this time, within the tekiya, the oyabun were appointed as supervisors and granted near- samurai status, meaning they were allowed the dignity of a surname and two swords. [16]

Bouissou, Jean-Marie (1999). "Le marché des services criminels au Japon. Les yakuzas et l'État"[The criminal services market in Japan. The Yakuza and the State] (PDF). Critique Internationale (in French). 3 (1): 155–174. doi: 10.3406/criti.1999.1602. I’m expecting that many fields and many interests will be represented in the class, and this brings up an

Johnson, David T. (2001). The Japanese Way of Justice: Prosecuting Crime in Japan Oxford University Press ( ISBN 0-19-511986-X) Botting, Geoff, " Average Joe could be collateral damage in war against yakuza", Japan Times, 16 October 2011, p. 9. In this lively and inspiring adaptation by a rising star in the manga world, and with illustrations by a leading artist, Shoko Tendo’s powerful story has been recreated. Yakuza Moon is a heartrending and eye-opening account of her experiences growing up in Japan’s gangster society. RJ Endra (24 August 2021). "Yakuza boss is first ever to be sentenced to death in Japan". The Japan Story. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021.

Yakuza Moon ‚I see you’re that mob leader’s daughter. Like father like daughter. The phrase really applies in this case. You’ve certainly got balls.‛ I thought it was ironic that as soon as he realized the interview was going nowhere, he brought up the subject of my father. I wasn’t that tough. I just knew that whatever I said I was only going to incriminate myself further. That and the fact that the police had found ordinary aspirins in my bag and labeled me ‚in possession of drugs.‛ The police are very practiced at trumping up charges. A few days later, I was moved to a temporary detention center, next door to Osaka Prison. Most days at the detention center were spent reading or making collages. We rarely had the opportunity to get any exercise so I looked forward to the couple of times a week that we were allowed to play table tennis. I was in solitary confinement but I could hear faint laughter percolating through from the communal cell next door. Although the new arrivals usually hated solitary confinement, I didn’t mind it too much, and I was comfortable being by myself. When you got used to it, you felt quite free. Food was doled out from an oversized cooking pot, but for some reason, the miso soup was brought in a blue plastic container that strongly resembled a garbage pail. A tray was then pushed through a hatch in the wall of the cell. The soup had barely any ingredients added to it and tasted watery, but the rice was mixed with barley, and it tasted pretty good. From next door, I could hear someone 43 Edited By Scatkevin Britannica, Encyclopedia. "Taoka Kazuo, Japanese crime boss". www.britannica.com. The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 4 May 2022. Saat kelas 4 SD, ia nyaris diperkosa oleh Mizuguchi, bawahan ayahnya. Itu pun tidak ia ceritakan pada orangtuanya. Mizuguchi lalu ditangkap polisi karena suatu kasus.

She does not believe she is alone among yakuza offspring in having had a turbulent childhood. "Japanese society looks very calm on the surface, but underneath it is in turmoil," she said. "Discrimination is rife."

Kenapa orang memutuskan jadi yakuza? Pilihan hidup yang berat. Tidak hanya bagi dirinya sendiri, melainkan juga bagi anak-anak mereka. Sho Fumimura (Writer), Ryoichi Ikegami (Artist). (Series 1993–1997) " Sanctuary" Viz Communications Inc (Vol 1: ISBN 0-929279-97-2; Vol 2: ISBN 0-929279-99-9; Vol 3: ISBN 1-56931-042-4; Vol 4: ISBN 1-56931-039-4; Vol 5: ISBN 1-56931-112-9; Vol 6: ISBN 1-56931-199-4; Vol 7: ISBN 1-56931-184-6; Vol 8: ISBN 1-56931-207-9; Vol 9: ISBN 1-56931-235-4) Saat ginjalnya bermasalah dan ia divonis harus cuci darah, Shouko nekad bunuh diri dengan menenggak 100 pil obat penenang. Jantungnya berkali-kali berhenti selama perjalanan menuju ruang operasi. Ajaibnya ia selamat, dan otaknya tidak terkena kerusakan permanen yang bisa menyebabkan ia lumpuh seperti prediksi dokter sebelumnya. I expected an inside look at the Yakuza from the viewpoint of someone raised in that culture and in the family of a Yakuza boss, unfortunately this was not the case. This book is to those interested in the Yakuza what "Growing up Gotti" is to those interested in the history and culture of the Mafia in America.

La mafia japonesa de los 'yakuza' envía alimentos a las víctimas del sismo". CNN México (in Spanish). 25 March 2011 . Retrieved 28 February 2012. Unfamiliar as I am with yakuza society (somewhat like a Japanese mafia), this book brought me into lifestyles I knew nothing about; I also learned to see a tattoo as a complete work of art, which in Japan it truly is. These tattoos are full-body canvases, extremely detailed and historical art. Shoko was the middle child in a family of three girls and a boy, her father a yakuza, in a life of plenty. Fearful of her father's rages, bullied at school, discriminated against and insecure, Shoko's lifestyle had already begun to change at the tender age of twelve when her older sister took her to a club and passed her off as 18. The next several years of her life are spent in drugged out sex, used and abused. When all goes wrong at home, her father resigns as a yakuza and is pursued by yakuza loan sharks. Shoko falls into the trap of one man, a former friend of her father. His false promises to help her father with his financial problems and his Jekyll and Hyde personality drags her deep into his net. Misguided in what is expected of her, she sinks deeper and deeper. Later on, the book takes a different tone where she doesn’t even need to justify or argue any of her choices. I have to take it at face value that she works as an escort (but is not a prostitute even though men constantly proposition her), she willingly lends money to her gambling brother-in-law because her sister asks her to, she supports her family even though she can barely afford rent… I’m not necessarily saying this isn’t all possible or truthful, but I’m saying that she chose to write about it, so why not make me understand and feel for her? Yakuza Moon Reading her letter I can feel my mother’s warmth Fill my empty heart Far away from me My dear father and mother I offer to you My deepest apologies With truly heartfelt sorrow I couldn’t control my laughter any longer. As I rolled around on the tatami floor in hysterics, I thought of how Maki had been beaten up time after time, and kept running away from home over and over again, never sorry about a thing. ‚Truly heartfelt sorrow . . .‛ Yeah, right. And the irony that an older sister could compose poetry in juvie that her younger sister would find herself reading in a detention center—I just had to laugh. ‚Tendo! What’s so funny?‛ came the reproving voice of a guard, but the more I tried to control myself, the harder the laughter came. I laughed so much my stomach hurt. 46 Edited By Scatkevin

This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) According to David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro, burakumin account for about 70% of the members of Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate in Japan. [58] Ethnic Koreans [ edit ] During Japan's bubble economy of the eighties, Tendo worked as a bar hostess, attracting many rich and loyal customers, and earning money to help her family out of debt. But there were also abusive clients, one of whom beat her so badly that her face was left permanently scarred. Her mother died, plunging Tendo into a depression so deep that she tried to commit suicide. In addition to their presence in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, yakuza groups also operate in South Korea, China, Taiwan, and in the Pacific Islands (mainly Hawaii). [54]That said, it is an accurate depiction of the life of a woman raised in a Yakuza family that falls from riches into poverty, a depiction of the stigma attached to the children of the Yakuza in Japan and the role of females in Japanese society, particularly the poor. Sterngold, James (22 January 1995), "Quake in Japan: Gangsters; Gang in Kobe Organizes Aid for People in Quake", The New York Times .