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Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld
Confessions of a Yakuza A Life in Japan's Underworld
Author: Junichi Saga, Susumu Saga (Illustrator), John Bester (Translator)
This is the true story, as told to the doctor who looked after him just before he died, of the life of one of the last traditional yakuza in Japan. It wasn't a "good" life, in either sense of the word, but it was an adventurous one; and the tale he has to tell presents an honest and oddly attractive picture of an insider in that se...  more »
ISBN-13: 9784770019486
ISBN-10: 4770019483
Publication Date: 7/14/1997
Pages: 253
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Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
Book Type: Paperback
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A facinating slice of Japanese culture.
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story of a Japanese gang boss


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