Yakuza

Yakuza (from Japanese ??? or ???), also known as gokud?, are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan.

Reference

Books

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• Kaplan and Dubro; Yakuza (1986, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0201111519)
• Kaplan and Dubro; Yakuza: Expanded Edition (2003, Univeristy of California Press, ISBN 0520215621)
• Miyazaki Manabu; Toppamono: Outlaw. Radical. Suspect. My Life in Japan's Underworld (2005, Kotan Publishing, ISBN 0970171625)
• Christopher Seymour; Yakuza Diary (1996,Atlantic Monthly Press, ISBN 087113604X)
• Mark Schilling; The Yakuza Movie Book (2003, Stone Bridge Press, ISBN 1880656760)

Films

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• Kinji Fukasaku; Jingi naki tatakai (Battles Without Honour and Humanity) (1973, Toei, IMDb 0070246)
• Ridley Scott; Black Rain (1989,Paramount, IMDb 0096933)
• Masahiro Shinoda; Kawaita hana (Pale Flower) (1964) Shochiku, IMDb 0056327)
• Takeshi Kitano; Brother (2000, Shochiku, IMDb 0222851)
• Juzo Itami; Minbo no onna (1992, Toho, IMDb 0104874)
• Seijun Suzuki; Tokyo nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter), (1966, Nikkatsu, IMDb 0061101)
• Sydney Pollack; The Yakuza (1975, Warner Bros., IMDb 0073918)