Wednesday 23 July 2014

Yakuza

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, 1998
George ABE, right, an ex-Yakuza member and celebrity writer.
Yakuza model themselves on American gangster fashion from 1950s.
Photo: Bruce Gilden

2 comments:

  1. He didn't look too pleased to be photographed. Good wiki article.

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    1. I also enjoyed the Wiki article. I shouldn't think he really minded having his photo taken, I think he was more a celebrity in '98. I noticed he has his own web site.

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