Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld (2012) - 야쿠자: 일본의 범죄 지하세계

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Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most Westerners. "Yakuza" is the first book to reveal the extraordinary reach of Japan's Mafia. Originally published in 1986, it was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years. But in the west it has long served as the standard reference on Japanese organized crime and has inspired novels, screenplays, and criminal investigations. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition tells the full story of Japan's remarkable crime syndicates, from their feudal start as bands of medieval outlaws to their emergence as billion-dollar investors in real estate, big business, art, and more.

 

 

눈에 띄는 전신 문신과 잘린 손가락 끝으로 유명한 일본의 갱단은 미국 마피아의 4배가 넘는 규모인 8만 명에 달하는 범죄 집단으로 구성되어 있습니다. 그들의 범죄적 성격에도 불구하고, 야쿠자는 대부분의 서양인들에게 충격을 줄 정도로 동료 일본인들에게 받아들여집니다. 『야쿠자』는 일본 마피아의 범상치 않은 영향력을 처음으로 밝힌 책이다. 1986년에 처음 출판된 이 작품은 일본에서 5년 동안 출판될 수 없을 정도로 논란이 많았습니다. 그러나 서양에서는 오랫동안 일본 조직 범죄에 대한 표준 참고 자료 역할을 했으며 소설, 각본 및 범죄 수사에 영감을 주었습니다. 이 25주년 에디션은 중세 무법자 집단으로 시작된 봉건적 시작부터 부동산, 대기업, 예술 등에서 수십억 달러 규모의 투자자로 등장하기까지 일본의 주목할만한 범죄 조직에 대한 전체 이야기를 들려줍니다.