How the YAKUZA Flourished After WORLD WAR II
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- On September 2nd, 1945, Japan officially surrendered to the US and the Allied Forces. The Second World War brought with it poverty and hardships for the population of Japan, which also included the Yakuza. The Japanese Mafia was on the brink of extinction, when they found a new lifeline, with the emergence of Black Markets all across Japan. This, combined with a little bit of help from certain people inside the occupation government, led by General MacArthur, ensured the rebirth of Japan’s infamous crime groups.
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00:00 - Intro
03:51 - Birth of the Black Markets
07:33 - Yakuza vs Sangokujin
11:20 - Rich & Famous
14:49 - Adding Fuel to the Fire
18:41 - End of the Occupation
Speaking of crime, it is absolutely criminal that this channel isn't *WAY* more popular. Great content that's well made like this deserves to be seen more.
Wow thank you dude! I am thankful for everyone who tunes in tho, i didn't expect even this much traffic on my videos 😁
Exactly I love this channel ❤
Japan has definitely had an insane metamorphosis over the past 600 years.
"And this isn't even my final form!"
From what I've seen, even in the last 20-30 years or so. It's like I'm looking at a completely different people. Especially seeing all this about gangs, war and so on makes it feel surreal, even though I had knowledge about it.
It's absolutely fascinating to hear about the reconstruction of Japan and the implication of the different parties (gangs, occupation, ...). Keep going with this great content! 🙌
Please keep doing these. Great content
Great video, keep up the good work!
It would be more accurate to say the occupation forces didn't want any form of communism even if elected and would accept an end to democracy in preference to communist electoral success.
Belonging to a criminal org is not illegal in Japan, so it is interesting how accessible and public Yakuza have become. I remember walking in Shinjuku and seeing them everywhere, along with their Nigerian co workers. Completely different vibe than here in North America.
Nigerian gangsters in Japan?
Very informative.
cant wait for the next episode
I’m loving this binge, love the content
Thank you so much for watching! 🫶🏻
great job. very well done research. subbed and liked.
Thanks for watching and thanks for your support! 🙏🏻😁
Apparently the guy who founded the LDP (Kodama) was an yakuza and had connections with the CIA which was OSS back then I think, and the funny thing is that LDP has been ruling Japan ever since.
Gonna have a video about him and the LDP out by sunday, i hope 😎
@@anikihistory looking forward to the next video :D yeah I saw that right at the end of the video with his mugshot lol waiting for the entertainment biz part like rumors about Nintendo, that guy from Sega yakuza games and even Beat Takeshi :D
@@loois3431 The Yakuza influence on the entertainment industry will be its own video at some point! It was actually one of the first topics i thought of 😁
@@anikihistory cool, looking forward to that lots of yakuza yet to cover lol
That was a great video! You did an awesome job! I feel like there isn’t a lot of coverage on the Yakuza. I’m actually writing my senior thesis on this period. I was curious where you got your sources. I have been looking and could use a little help. Anyway great job on the video! All of them are pretty great!
Thank you, really glad you're liking the content!
Oh yeah this video was before i started putting my sources in the description haha apologies for that. My first few videos were almost completely based on a book called "Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld" by David E. Kaplan. It's pretty much the ultimate source for Yakuza history with info being so incredibly rare online. Hope that helps!
some interesting books relating to your period, in no particular order: Japan Diary - Mark Gayn. Confessions of a Yakuza - Saga Jun'ichi. Tōkyō Underworld - Robert Whiting. Yakuza - David E Kaplan & lec Dubro. The Tattooed Men - Florence Rome. Inventing Japan - Ian Buruma. some of these are 'about' the Yakuza, others about the era, the socio-cultura background and like that......
Great Job, very interesting history. Did you have idea make videos about Japanese bodyguards history, specifically women’s ?
That sounds interesting, i'll keep that one in mind!
Great vids, subscribed! Also, 600+ subscribers in 4 weeks? What’s the secret?!
Thanks for the sub! I wish i knew the secret, a combination of luck and hard work i guess 😁
If you could add little citations in the corner of the screen throughout the video it would do a TON for your credibility
I'll give that a shot!
The reason why Japan still has yakuza and ultra-nationalists to this day is because the US spared and leveraged it. It's basically the same as the US did in the Middle East. Most people don't care about this fact, and it bugs me often. It is a delight to have a rare outlet here to spread the less-known dark side of history.
Are those tracks from the RGG/Yakuza games in the background ? 🤩
Hell yeah 😎
Love the music who's is by I can't find under Kevin macelod
I've subcribed! Thanks for the video. However, Japan was fighting in WW2 for much longer than 4 years...they began expanding their empire long before 1941
I think it's deliciously ironic that in WW2, the Japanese government Yakuza'd the Yakuza
The meaning of 三国人(Sangokujin) is incorrect. 三国人 originates from the English word "third nationals", which the GHQ used to describe, the citizens that not Japanese nor of an allied country. It was used to describe people of former Japanese colonies who lived in Japan, the 朝鮮人(Chosenjin/Koreans), and the 台湾人(Taiwanjin/Taiwanese). Because they were from former Japanese colonies they weren't legally considered as foreigner, but because Japanese colonies got independent they were no longer considered as Japanese, so they were considered as "the third people".
At least name the movies you use I wanna watch then
Be interested in seeing what path you take since yakuza is done
There's still quite a bit of Yakuza stuff to cover, and i think it's a good niche that isn't all that well covered on RUclips yet. That being said, i'll definitely branch out into different topics of Japanese history soon, maybe even China and Korea at some point 😁
@@anikihistory think Asian organised crime would be a good overall subject that let’s the channel stand out and at the same time doesn’t put yourself in a corner for content material because I think there’s quite a lot of content to be done there
Would you consider doing a video on biker gangs and the new yakuza (they have a different name, but they dress in like normal clothes and no tattoos) basically it’s like the yakuza meets a biker gang (cause they get specifically targeted now just by how they look, so new age gangster apparently dress as normal as possible to not make them stand out in the eyes of the law but do as much fighting as the yakuza and biker gangs
@@w8ngr Exactly, i had the Chinese Triads in mind specifically, there might even have been collaborations between them and the Yakuza at some point which would be a nice bridge into that topic.
Talking about groups like the Bosozoku and what you described will be inevitable i think! For now i will try to create a timeline of events regarding the Yakuza, with some smaller topics sprinkled in between 😁
@@anikihistory MATE I CANT BELIEVE YOU GOT THAT NAME FOR ME IVE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER IT FOR AGES!!!!!! Thank you 😊 and can’t wait for it all bang it out as quick as you can and get the sun numbers up mate jake tran this shit the fuck! Good luck 👍
@@w8ngr Hell yeah! Hahaha
Thanks for your input too, nice to know what you guys wanna see 🙏🏻
I know they were violent criminals, but I can't help but feel sympathy for the Sangokujin. I would probably be a violent criminal too if everything that happened to them happened to me.
Absolutely! For some criminals, there's a reason for why they chose that path. The Sangokujin really had a tough time during and after the war so their frustrations are relatable in a way, it's unfortunate that it has to result in violence in many cases though
I always found it odd that cross-sea gangs and ethnic Koreans became involved in yakuza following WWII. Was it just because they were involved in a lot of the same activities?
@@anikihistoryno you show sympathy for the yakuza and make the sangokujin look bad . You didn’t even mention how disgusting the crimes of the Japanese were doing the war and why the sangokujin acted like that .
@@vivalapalestine7235 Then i guess you did not read the comment you just replied to, I said clearly that the Sangokujin were treated badly during the war and that their frustrationss are relatable. I also talked about what Japan did in Korea and Manchuria in another video. I do not sympathize with Yakuza or Japan during WW2 in any way, i merely explain their history, you are getting things wildly confused here my friend
AKIRA : borrowed from the english language... meaning "a killer".
Awesome video ..must have been really hard for Japans ego to bow down to United states aster the war
STAR WARS by George LUCAS. REVELATIONS : the dark lightsaber of KMT... (ぼく) ! The flag of the OLYMPICS by de Coubertin: the dark ring !
I am a japanese ultranationalist at heart and this aches me to see .
This is a very pro Japanese revisionist documentary.
How you described the Sanjuken is complete nonsense.
damn you search a lot❤