The Last Yakuza
life and death in the Japanese underworld
$31.45
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2023
Summary
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 Tsunami, quickly realises that even within the organisation, opinions are …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925106817 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925106810 |
| Author: | Jake Adelstein |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 549g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 156mm x 237mm |
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Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993, writing in Japanese and English. He authored Tokyo Vice (now an HBO series), The Last Yakuza (2023), and Tokyo Noir (2024). He co-hosted the award-winning podcast The Evaporated: Gone with the Gods. A recognised expert on Japan’s organised crime, he’s reported for The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times, Tempura, and VICE. He is also a low-ranking Zen Buddhist priest, trying hard to be kinder and occasionally exorcising hungry ghosts. Adelstein frequently appears as a commentator on Japanese crime and culture, working as a writer and consultant.
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