Yakuza Diary: Doing Time in the Japanese Underworld
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Book Overview
In the spring of 1993, freelance writer Christopher Seymour talked his way out of the grasp of a suspicious immigration official just in time to extend his stay in Japan during a countrywide yakuza... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:087113604X
ISBN13:9780871136046
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
iidesu ne!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Absolutely fascinating. Seymour manages to become friends with the most interesting and unorthodox crime group in the world without glorifying them. He meets with all kinds of people in the yakuza, from an Aizu Kotetsu newcomer to a Yamaguchi-gumi oyabun. I read it all in one night. yondekudasai!
Christopher Seymour has guts to go this far
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Christopher Seymour wrote an exciting book. He lived with the Yakuza and actually worked for the Yakuza in order to create this great piece of fun to read literature. I greatly admire him for doing this dangerous job. Everybody who wants to know about the hidden vital organs of Japanese society should read this book. Just to get an impression of how the organs work.
The stuff that Japanese people won't tell you about
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A really good easy read. If you live in Japan this book is a must. Impress your friends with your knowlage of the Japanese underworld. A very interesting book. You'll never eat a bowl of ramen with the same gaijin inosence.
exciting look into the chivalry and danger of Japan's Yakuza
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Just read it. You'll see what I mean. The book is fun, exciting, and makes you dream of what it would be like to be a gangster for a while. (maybe it is just me)
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