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Sumiyoshi-kai is a confederation of smaller yakuza groups. Its current head (会長 oyabun) is Isao Seki. Inagawa-kai (稲川会) The Inagawa-kai is the third-largest yakuza family in Japan, with roughly 3,300 members. It is based in the Tokyo-Yokohama area and was one of the first yakuza families to expand its operations outside of Japan.
The English equivalent for the term yakuza is gangster, meaning an individual involved in a Mafia-like criminal organization. [3] The yakuza are known for their strict codes of conduct, their organized fiefdom nature, and several unconventional ritual practices such as yubitsume, or amputation of the left little finger. [4]
A high-definition remaster of the first two games in the series, titled Ryū ga Gotoku 1&2 HD, was released in Japan on November 1, 2012, for PlayStation 3. [54] The high-definition remaster was ported to Wii U and released in Japan on August 8, 2013, under the title Ryū ga Gotoku 1&2 HD for Wii U.
In this game, we once again see the fallout of the massive events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, with the Yakuza in tatters and the cities of Kamurocho and Ijincho rapidly trying to fill a power vacuum.
Yakuza exclusion ordinances or Organized crime exclusion ordinances (暴力団排除条例, Bōryoku-dan Haijo Jōrei) is the Japanese collective term for ordinances or local laws that aim to cut the citizen–yakuza relationship. [1] The intent is to shift from "the yakuza versus the police" to "the yakuza versus society".
The English equivalent for the term yakuza is gangster, meaning an individual involved in a Mafia-like criminal organization. Pages in category "Fictional yakuza" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Yakuza refers to traditional organized crime groups in Japan and members thereof. Yakuza may also refer to: The Yakuza, a 1974 film by Sydney Pollack; Yakuza Fury a 2005 video game and part of the Simple series; Like a Dragon (franchise), a series of video games by Sega known as Yakuza outside Japan until 2022
Yakuza film (Japanese: ヤクザ映画, Hepburn: Yakuza eiga) is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of bakuto (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood -like characters were common.