The Last Yakuza : Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld
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Published
Melbourne : Scribe, 2023.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
416 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Meadville Public Library
364 Adelstein, Jake
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Published
Melbourne : Scribe, 2023.
Language
English
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The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it's never been told before. Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights. With rock stardom off the table, he turns toward the only place where you can start from the bottom and move up through sheer merit, loyalty, and brute force-the yakuza. Saigo, nicknamed "The Tsunami", quickly realizes that even within the organization, opinions are as varied as they come, and a clash of philosophies can quickly become deadly. One screw-up can cost you your life, or at least a finger. The internal politics of the yakuza are dizzyingly complex, and between the ever-shifting web of alliances and the encroaching hand of the law that pushes them further and further underground, Saigo finds himself in the middle of a defining decades-long battle that will determine the future of the yakuza. Written with the insight of an expert on Japanese organized crime and the compassion of a longtime friend, investigative journalist Jake Adelstein presents a sprawling biography of a yakuza, through post-war desperation, to bubble-era optimism, to the present. Including a cast of memorable yakuza bosses-The Coach, The Buddha, and more-this is a story about the rise and fall of a man, a country, and a dishonest but sometimes honorable way of life on the brink of being lost.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Adelstein, J. (2023). The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld . Scribe.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Adelstein, Jake. 2023. The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld. Scribe.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Adelstein, Jake. The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld Scribe, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Adelstein, Jake. The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld Scribe, 2023.
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