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Brother vs Brother If you’ve played Yakuza games before, then you’ll immediately recognize Saejima. He’s one of the earlier bosses here, and there’s no real bad blood between you and him ...
These bosses from the Like A Dragon game series gave players a run for their money. Here's which boss fights were truly challenging.
Why? Well, in addition to being a senior citizen, Machinaga is also a yakuza member, and not a rank-and-file one either. He’s a boss in the Yamaguchigumi’s Aichi Prefecture arm, and it turns out that ...
The creators of 'Tokyo Vice' discuss the show's cancellation by Max and their hopes for a potential Season 3.
Tokyo Vice producer Alan Poul talks season 2, real-life yakuza concerns, changes from Jake Adelstein source material and one show he wished lasted longer.
[This story contains major spoilers from the finale of season two of Tokyo Vice, “Endgame.”] Shinzo Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida) had dreams of becoming the one supreme oyabun (leader) of the yakuza ...
The boss of Japan's most powerful organised-crime syndicate has been jailed after losing an appeal against a conviction for illegal gun possession. Yakuza boss Kenichi Shinoda, who only took over as ...
Bruising, bonkers and frequently brilliant, Yakuza 0 is Sega's cult favourite at its very best. Yakuza and the 1980s: it always looked an ideal fit, and so it proves. The series that never does ...
When the news broke earlier this month that Japan-set crime drama “Tokyo Vice” had been canceled, it came as a blow to fans, but not exactly a surprise. For two seasons on Max, the show ...
He himself has kept one foot firmly in gangland. Yakuza bosses call him frequently, asking for advice or for help smoothing over a conflict. The police, too, sought him out for updates on gang ...
These programs don’t charge any sort of annual fees, either, so there’s no real downside to joining them. Well, there’s usually no downside. Takuya Machinaga’s case is a rare exception, though, as ...