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Yakuza (ヤクザ, [jaꜜkuza]), also known as gokudō (極道), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団, "violent groups"), while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" (任侠団体 or 仁侠団体, "chivalrous organizations"). The yakuza are notorious for their strict codes of conduct and organized nature. They have a large presence in the Japanese media and operate internationally with an estimated 102,000 members.
Despite uncertainty about the single origin of yakuza organizations, most modern yakuza derive from two classifications which emerged in the mid-Edo Period (1603–1868): tekiya, those who primarily peddled illicit, stolen or shoddy goods; and bakuto, those who were involved in or participated in gambling.
"Tekiya" (peddlers) were considered one of the lowest social groups in Edo. As they began to form organizations of their own, they took over some administrative duties relating to commerce, such as stall allocation and protection of their commercial activities. During Shinto festivals, these peddlers opened stalls and some members were hired to act as security. Each peddler paid rent in exchange for a stall assignment and protection during the fair.
The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir gangster film directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader, and Robert Towne. The film is about a man (Robert Mitchum) who returns to Japan after several years away in order to rescue his friend's kidnapped daughter. Following a lackluster initial release, the film has since gained a cult following.
Retired detective Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is called upon by an old friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner has been doing business with a yakuza gangster, Tono (Eiji Okada), who has kidnapped Tanner's daughter to apply pressure in a business deal involving the sale of guns. Tanner hopes that Kilmer can rescue the girl using his Japanese connections.
Tanner and Kilmer had been Marine MPs and friends in Tokyo during the post-war occupation. Kilmer became aware of a woman, Eiko (Keiko Kishi), who was involved in the black market so that she could procure penicillin for her sick daughter. Kilmer intervened on behalf of Eiko during a skirmish, saving her life. After they'd been living together, with Kilmer repeatedly asking Eiko to marry him, her brother (secretly her husband) Ken (Ken Takakura) returned from an island where he'd been stranded as an Imperial Japanese soldier. Both outraged that she was living with his former enemy and deeply indebted to Kilmer for saving the lives of his (apparently) only remaining family, Ken disappeared into the yakuza criminal underground and refused to see or speak to his sister. Eiko, cautious to do nothing to offend Ken further, broke off contact with Kilmer. Before returning to the US, Kilmer bought Eiko a bar (with money borrowed from George Tanner) which she operates to this day, named Kilmer House in his honor. Kilmer has never stopped loving her.
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, are politically motivated. Sometimes criminal organizations force people to do business with them, such as when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for so-called "protection".Gangs may become disciplined enough to be considered organized. A criminal organization or gang can also be referred to as a mafia, mob, or crime syndicate; the network, subculture and community of criminals may be referred to as the underworld.
Other organizations—including states, militaries, police forces, and corporations—may sometimes use organized crime methods to conduct their business, but their powers derive from their status as formal social institutions. There is a tendency to distinguish organized crime from other forms of crimes, such as, white-collar crime, financial crimes, political crimes, war crime, state crimes, and treason. This distinction is not always apparent and the academic debate is ongoing. For example, in failed states that can no longer perform basic functions such as education, security, or governance, usually due to fractious violence or extreme poverty, organised crime, governance and war are often complementary to each other. The term Parliamentary Mafiocracy has been used to describe democratic countries whose political, social and economic institutions are under the control of a few families and business oligarchs.
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Yakuza: Japan's violent organized crime syndicate that believes they're descendants of samurai. Learn more about this Japanese mob / mafia from Tokyo! Subscribe for new videos: http://goo.gl/SaufF4
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It's time to prove your loyalty. Welcome to WatchMojo's Top 5 Facts. In this instalment we're counting down the five most interesting facts about the Yakuza. Suggestion Tool►►http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest Subscribe►►http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=watchmojo Facebook►►http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo Twitter►►http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo Instagram►►http://instagram.com/watchmojo Channel Page►►http://www.youtube.com/watchmojo With reportedly over 100,000 members these Japanese gangsters are perhaps the biggest organized crime syndicate on the planet. Special thanks to our users Rocky Al. or submitting the idea using our interactive suggestion tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest Want a WatchMojo cup, mug, t-shirts, pen, sticker and even a water bottle? G...
10 Facts about the yakuza, Being more organized then the government this showed as they were the first ones to go in action when the tsunami hit japan helping people and unblocking roads Click Here To Subscribe! http://bit.ly/EliteFacts follow us on googleplus: https://plus.google.com/+Elitefacts/posts Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EliteFacts Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Elite_Facts Music: gibiduk_zkYrkUBu https://www.audioblocks.com Thanks for watching! Elite Facts
How Powerful Is The Mafia? http://bit.ly/1Lu4uob Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Japan is home to the one of the largest mafia-like groups in the world: the Yakuza. So what role does the mafia play in Japanese society? Learn More: The yakuza: Inside Japan's murky criminal underworld http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/asia/yakuza-yamaguchi-gumi-explainer/ "In August, Japan's largest crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split into two main factions, potentially creating a gang war that may ultimately involve all 21 designated crime groups in Japan." Yakuza: The Warlords of Japanese Organized Crime http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context;=annlsurvey "When people think about international trade and transactions they think about multinational corpor...
Click this link http://youtu.be/XnJA8_d0D5g to watch the full behind the scenes and the making of this documentary. IMPORTANT! I do not own this film. All rights reserved to the owners, and National Geographic Channel. Actor Marcus Natividad features in "INSIDE THE YAKUZAS" Crime Lords of Tokyo in NatGeo who played one of the Yakuza members .
Essa máfia é a primeira a ajudar a população, quando os desastres acontecem no país. Até mesmo antes do governo. Em 2011, quando o tsunami atingiu o Japão, os membros da Yakuza já estavam se organizando para ajudar as vítimas das áreas afetadas. Eles ofereceram comida, água, cobertores e artigos de higiene pessoal para centros de evacuação em toda a região nordeste do Japão. Com uma organização tão poderosa e tão antiga como essa, fico aqui imaginando o quanto eles devem ser temidos, e ao mesmo tempo, admirados pelas pessoas. Como será que uma pessoa se torna membro da Yakuza? Act Three - Tenebrous Brothers Carnival de Kevin MacLeod está licenciada sob uma licença Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Origem: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Art...
faces in the mind distort and decay
memory fades so does the fear of it
blank looks stare back just as confused
the enemy on the offensive
so content in your
embedded dream
the vessel only left behind
in these arduous times black market liver for sale
spoils of gluttony yields sores
desperation and a penchant for chaos
blaze a trail to demise
so content in your
embedded dream
the vessel only left behind
so content in your
embedded dream
the vessel only left behind
destroy the heretic
to wake the living dead
kill
so you may live
to see the end of it all
live to work work to live
heads of prophets on display
so beautiful