Yakuza My Brother
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Author | : Jacob Raz |
Publisher | : Partridge Publishing Singapore |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2016-01-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1482853043 |
Yakuza, My Brother is a story based on true events. Raz, an Israeli scholar, befriends Yuki, a young, intelligent, well-educated but marginal man. Yuki disappears one day under mysterious circumstances, apparently because of his involvement with the Yakuza, the Japanese organized crime syndicate. Raz is perplexed. Along with his scholarly interest in Japan, he embarks on a personal quest to find and perhaps save his young friend. He knows the trail to Yuki leads through the Yakuza. He finally manages to penetrate one of the most important crime families by employing some uncommon methods. While pursuing his scholarly interest in the Yakuza, Raz never forgets Yuki, his lost friend. Ultimately, after dramatic and harrowing travels around East Asia, he finds a man who might be Yuki. But then again, he might not
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Documentary photography |
ISBN | : 9789412700012 |
"Odo Yakuza Tokyo' is an intimate personal account of a Belgian photographer documenting the inaccessible subculture of Japanese organized crime: the Yakuza. Anton Kusters teams up with his brother Malik and documents the inside of the Shinseikai family, who control Kabukicho, the infamous red light district, in the heart of Tokyo. From funerals to covert training camps, business meetings to full on tattoo displays, the modern day enigma that is "Yakuza" in Japan is shown. The feeling of subtlety and massive underlying tension is present thoughout the images, constantly reminding us that this world we live in is not black verses white, not good versus evil ..."--Cover flap.
Author | : Derekica Snake |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2010-02-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0981180213 |
To save his family, he sold his innocence. To save his sisters, he sold his body. To save his love, he sold his soul. Why? That's what brothers do... 2009 Rainbow Award Winner - 3rd place in Contemporary Novel category
Author | : Dr. Junichi Saga |
Publisher | : Kodansha USA |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2010-08-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 4770050097 |
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 separate, unofficial world. In his low, hoarse voice, he describes the random events that led the son of a prosperous country shopkeeper to become a member, and ultimately the leader, of a gang organizing illegal dice games in Tokyo's liveliest entertainment area. He talks about his first police raid, and the brutal interrogation and imprisonment that followed it. He remembers his first love affair, and the girl he ran away with, and the weeks they spent wandering about the countryside together. Briefly, and matter-of-factly, he describes how he cut off the little finger of his left hand as a ritual gesture of apology. He explains how the games were run and the profits spent; why the ties between members of "the brotherhood" were so important; and how he came to kill a man who worked for him. What emerges is a contradictory personality: tough but not unsentimental; stubborn yet willing to take life more or less as it comes; impulsive but careful to observe the rules of the business he had joined. And in the end, when his tale is finished, you feel you would probably have liked him if you'd met him in person. Fortunately, Dr. Saga's record of his long conversations with him provides a wonderful substitute for that meeting.
Author | : Neil S Plakcy |
Publisher | : Samwise Books |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2023-10-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Openly gay Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa’aka and his partner, Ray Donne, are on duty at a rally in downtown Honolulu organized by Kingdom of Hawai’i, one of many competing groups which seek reparations from the US for the loss of land and independence. An elderly woman is shot dead there, only a few feet from where Kimo’s mother and nephews are taking part in the demonstration, and Kimo and Ray take the case. At the same time, Kimo’s dealing with domestic difficulties, having just moved in with his partner, fire investigator Mike Riccardi. Since both are alpha males, the transition to shared living space isn’t easy, especially because Mike’s parents live next door. As Kimo and Mike struggle to adapt to living together, they begin to forge their own ohana—a Hawaiian term which means family, as well as community. The theme of ohana resonates through both Kimo’s personal life and his investigation of the murder as Kimo and Ray follow clues through a labyrinth of competing groups, uncovering a trail of gambling, money laundering, and mental illness. The title refers both to the blood spilled in three murders, as well as the blood ties that link native Hawaiians to each other. People come together in many ways here—through native heritage and family ties as well as love and fellowship. “Plakcy’s storytelling is tight, flawlessly executed, eminently interesting and inspiring.” George Seaton, Out in Print. “Neil S. Plakcy’s Mahu series is one of my favorites.” Melanie M, reviewer at Joyfully Jay. “To the mystery genre, Kimo Kanapa' aka is a refreshing tropical breeze.” Janie Franz, MyShelf Books in the Mahu series have reached the finalist stage for the Lambda Literary Awards as well as winning mystery fan awards and acclaim from mainstream publications such as Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal.
Author | : Marc Cerasini |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2007-10-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1416939024 |
Twin fifteen-year-old New Yorkers Tom and Mitch like to spend their free time skateboarding and reading comics, until one day they are attacked by a thug in ninja gear. They then learn that their father and live-in-butler are members of a crime-fighting organization called R.O.N.I.N., that their father is in danger, and that they have been recruited to join their father's clan. This sets the brothers off on the adventure of a lifetime.
Author | : Davis L. Temple |
Publisher | : Wheatmark, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1604944870 |
Dose of Insanity is a sweeping thriller about a promising new drug that goes horribly wrong when greed and denial trump scientific judgment. An exciting new discovery finds its way into the hands of giant Apex Pharmaceuticals following the death of a young scientist. Despite the many red flags, Apex's tyrannical CEO Maxwell Hall sees only the multibillion dollar potential of the product and rushes it into development. Once Medulin is announced to the world, only a small Connecticut biotechnology company called Genplex is successful at discovering a viable alternative. Genplex and its young research director, Jerrod Wesley, become locked in a battle of David-and-Goliath proportions as they struggle to reach the market first. But more is at stake than market share. Medulin causes patients to become violently insane, and Maxwell Hall leaves a trail of corruption and murder as he covers his tracks. When Jerrod's daughter, Courtney, is touched by the effects of Medulin, she seeks her own revenge. The conclusion is dramatic, terrifying, and satisfying. About the Author Davis L. Temple, Jr. is an established scientist and scientific writer. He is also the author of three previous novels, Two Letters Then Booger Den (for which he received the Mississippi Author of the Year Award in 2004), Preacherman, and Voodoo Storm. He lives with his wife, Patty, in Bonita Springs, Florida, and Greensboro, Georgia.
Author | : J.K. Jones |
Publisher | : J.K. Jones |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1998809099 |
In a dark and dangerous world... Yuli, an assassin, finds himself uncontrollably drawn to Ren Hirokazu, a notorious criminal and murderer. Despite the obedience collar that forces him to carry out orders for the powerful Yakuza organization, Yuli cannot resist the allure of Ren's dangerous charm. He kills for pay, accepting the poison that keeps him delirious as a necessary evil. But when a mysterious discovery leads him to defect and become a hunted traitor, Yuli's world is turned upside down. Hunted by the Yakuza and other powerful enemies, Yuli has nowhere left to turn until Ren offers him a way out, a chance for freedom. But at what cost? As they navigate a world filled with danger, secrets, and betrayal, their forbidden love becomes a liability. Will they survive and trust each other enough to make it out alive? Or will their enemies destroy them? Warning: this a dark MM romance, gay sci-fi romance, mm cyberpunk romance, mm enemies to lovers romance which includes gore, violence, mentions of sexual abuse, dystopia, short story, novella, mm sci-fi fantasy, mm possessive romance, mm second chance romance with a HEA ending.
Author | : Clive Davies |
Publisher | : SCB Distributors |
Total Pages | : 1100 |
Release | : 2015-03-06 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1909394068 |
First came video and more recently high definition home entertainment, through to the internet with its streaming videos and not strictly legal peer-to-peer capabilities. With so many sources available, today’s fan of horror and exploitation movies isn’t necessarily educated on paths well-trodden — Universal classics, 1950s monster movies, Hammer — as once they were. They may not even be born and bred on DAWN OF THE DEAD. In fact, anyone with a bit of technical savvy (quickly becoming second nature for the born-clicking generation) may be viewing MYSTICS IN BALI and S.S. EXPERIMENT CAMP long before ever hearing of Bela Lugosi or watching a movie directed by Dario Argento. In this world, H.G. Lewis, so-called “godfather of gore,” carries the same stripes as Alfred Hitchcock, “master of suspense.” SPINEGRINDER is one man’s ambitious, exhaustive and utterly obsessive attempt to make sense of over a century of exploitation and cult cinema, of a sort that most critics won’t care to write about. One opinion; 8,000 reviews (or thereabouts.
Author | : Brendan Cody |
Publisher | : Solitrix Books |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0956581129 |
Broken Evolution is the ground-breaking biotech thriller for our time. On the verge of retirement, a Congressional Senator is murdered in his home. Struggling CIA biotech analyst Joshua Harker finds himself assigned to unravel the mysterious murder. Harker's hunt for evidence leads him across the globe, into the highest levels of a Japanese cartel engaged in covert, unethical genetic research. When he discovers Tokiko - a lover from his own past - married to the tycoon behind the assassination, Harker begins to suspect he is being used - but by which side? His new territory of black ops espionage leads Harker on into the darkest depths of a criminal underworld; a world where nothing is as it first appears. Together with Tokiko, they must confront their past and are forced to make decisions for all our futures. When they discover the ultimate truth of the assassin's identity, the secret rips apart all their lives. This technothriller, charged with espionage and intrigue, races toward a heart-stopping climax and a heart-breaking conclusion that will shatter our society ... for generations to come.