new book on Yakuza

[Bungo]

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyl ... on_reuters

 

milt the ronin

[Rich T]

It reminds me of that great Robert Mitchum flick "the Yakuza.

 

That daughter is pretty hot :-)

 

Rich

[Brian]

Yeah..I wouldn't mind reading the book. Will keep a lookout for it.

 

Reminds me of when I was in Kyoto recently... we were in a ryokan in a non-descript part of the city.

Walking back to the hotel one evening, we were walking past a really plain, ordinary looking warehouse-type building in the middle of nothing much, when suddenly a door opened, and 6 very well build guys in identical black suits came jogging out, and took up positions on either side of the street.

Then a garage door opened up, and a black merc with black tinted windows came driving slowly out of the building, with the 6 guys positioned on either side of it.

The car drove slowly down the street for about 500m, and those guys at the warehouse did not move or take their eyes off the car for a second, until it turned a corner eventually in the distance, and only then did they disappear back into the building.

 

Must have just been the family saying goodbye to their visiting grandmother :D :lol:

 

Brian