THE LAST YAKUZA: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld

A sprawling biography of the yakuza, through post war desperation, to bubble-era optimism, to the present. Including a cast of memorable yakuza bosses--Coach, the Buddha, and more--this is a story about the rise and fall of a man, a country, and a dishonest but sometimes honorable way of life on the brink of being lost.