Beat Takeshi Kitano's "Outrage Beyond"

Via The Festival | tiff.net September 10, 2012

In 2010 Beat Takeshi Kitano returned to the popular crime/yakuza tough guy film genre that originally made him world famous with the release of Outrage. Now he is coming back again with the sequel to the original movie called Outrage Beyond. And from first look at the trailer, this follow up film looks to be just as hard hitting and action packed as the beginning blockbuster:



Outrage Beyond will have a North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday, September 12 at 5:30 pm. For more information please visit the official website of the Toronto International Film Festival - TIFF.net.



See also: Photo of Takeshi Kitano & His Statue

Ex Japanese CEO Arrested, Yakuza Ties Suspected

Here we go again...

Tokyo Police Arrest Ex-Ceo For Stock Market Manipulation; Yakuza Links NOVEMBER 23, 2011 | JAKE ADELSTEIN

On charges of violating the financial instruments and exchange law (金融商品取引法違反容疑), Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Organized Crime Control Division （警視庁組織犯罪対策部）arrested the ex-CEO of a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed company on November 22rd. Members of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest crime syndicate, a yakuza group, are said to have been involved in the crime.
The company was not Olympus and the man arrested was not Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former CEO of Olympus. Continued...

See also: Blendtec's Olympus Camera Prophecy Video

Toyko Vice: Jake Adelstein on Jon Stewart

Via The Daily Show:

Jake Adelstein appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and talks about his new book and more:

The Yakuza Own Japan & are EXPANDING!!!

washingtonpost.com — This is a very rare, highly accurate and overall excellent story on the modern-day Japanese Yakuza Mafia written by Jake Adelstein for the Washington Post. Mr. Adelstein is a very brave man who used to cover crime while living in Japan for 15 years. The Yakuza are very rarely reported on like this by any journalist and they want to kill Adelstein.

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