The Yama-Ichi Yakuza War (1986-89)

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    The Yama-Ichi War was a feud mainly fought in the south-central Japanese region of Kansai, between the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Ichiwa-kai gangster syndicates in the 1980s.
    Though its roots were in 1984, when the yakuza parent gang of the Yamaguchi-gumi was sectioned into two factions, the feud was at its most violent between January 1985 and February 1986.
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Комментарии • 1,7 тыс.

  • @theprofessional155
    @theprofessional155 3 года назад +2608

    Can you do a video on the Russian mafias growth after the fall of the USSR?

  • @x-ray-oh3134
    @x-ray-oh3134 3 года назад +2242

    "25 people died in this war"
    So, a normal weekend in Chicago

    • @KeysAndDoorss
      @KeysAndDoorss 3 года назад +146

      I heard 50 people die each day in Chicago .

    • @John-doe955
      @John-doe955 3 года назад +46

      @@KeysAndDoorss that is correct

    • @unknwnTea
      @unknwnTea 3 года назад +18

      @@John-doe955 no it's not

    • @unknwnTea
      @unknwnTea 3 года назад +111

      no not a normal day in Chicago, 25 people were killed which were high ranked people, it was sophisticated hits not people wilding out killing anybody

    • @John-doe955
      @John-doe955 3 года назад +4

      I’ll be honestly I meant to click on X-Ray-Oh comment not keys and now I feel dumb

  • @theredspirit2090
    @theredspirit2090 3 года назад +4067

    Yakuza 0 was so popular they made a gang about it

  • @miguelangelbermudezmora9286
    @miguelangelbermudezmora9286 3 года назад +657

    "25 people died in this war"
    The cartels: geez thats some self control if I've ever seen it.

    • @imbored2006
      @imbored2006 3 года назад +3

      No u

    • @eksdee2170
      @eksdee2170 3 года назад +6

      @@imbored2006 no me

    • @Holuunderbeere
      @Holuunderbeere 3 года назад +6

      Cartels wage war...nothing else, it's already a civil cold war.

    • @FernandoHernandez-jw4yy
      @FernandoHernandez-jw4yy 2 года назад +24

      The situation is very different. The central government in Japan has far more power than any central or south american government. Also, the military is far more loyal. If the violence would've spiraled out of control, the government would've declared martial law and have the military shoot Yakuza on sight. Or basically every Japanese person with Tatoos. And the Japanese people woould've been okay with that. Doing something that is a threat to the state in Japan would be completely suicidal, even for tha Yakuza.

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 2 года назад +11

      Random killing distracts away from the real business of killing your enemy
      Not to mention potentially pissing off people who you would want to incorporate into your organization after you win

  • @kebabkebob7808
    @kebabkebob7808 3 года назад +411

    The Italian Mafia had 3000 members at it's peak in the US, the fact that the Yakuza had 10,000 in just one group shows how large these guys were

    • @mkmllrc
      @mkmllrc 2 года назад +13

      i dont think one group but subsidiary of 300+ yakuza families

    • @zeta1960
      @zeta1960 2 года назад +7

      @@mkmllrc you mean like, different little divisions that serve for the same order?

    • @mkmllrc
      @mkmllrc 2 года назад +4

      @@zeta1960 exactly

    • @vanhattfield8292
      @vanhattfield8292 2 года назад +20

      The 3,000 from the report that number was given is a deceptive because those were only the "made" members of the Mafia in the US. "Made" men lead groups of others who would be considered as being in the Mafia, but in leadership positions and the total number of Mafia members and affiliates was/is much, much higher.

    • @LIONTAMER3D
      @LIONTAMER3D Год назад +5

      the yakuza has people in every major enterprise in japan, all of them

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад +1122

    If you think the Yakuza dominating Japan's entertainment industry is interesting, what's even more interesting is the Chongryon (an organization with close ties to North Korea in Japan) once dominated the gambling/pachinko industry. They sponsored everything from credit unions to newspapers. What led to their downfall, was that the government realized they were helping fund the DPRK's nuclear program

  • @alextepe4309
    @alextepe4309 3 года назад +677

    “They’ll kill you 5 times before you hit the ground.”
    - Agnes Skinner

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 3 года назад +733

    “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy

    • @michaelgarcia5437
      @michaelgarcia5437 3 года назад +4

      Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas Hadji Murad

    • @nicksavage8155
      @nicksavage8155 3 года назад +4

      彼らは私をプッシースレイヤーと呼んでいます!

    • @AJKecsk
      @AJKecsk 3 года назад +6

      @nikolai bahtin Exactly what Napoleon failed to do at Borodino, costing him the campaign, the war, and his empire.

    • @edzbienen
      @edzbienen 3 года назад +6

      "I can't see my forehead!"
      - Spongebob

    • @burhan446
      @burhan446 3 года назад +1

      @@AJKecsk he shouldn’t have declared war on Russia

  • @GeraltofRivia22
    @GeraltofRivia22 3 года назад +444

    Anyone who got shot is fine as long as it wasn't during a cutscene.

    • @ExeErdna
      @ExeErdna 3 года назад +5

      True, with 300 shootings and only like 30 people died

    • @cblsamuel2348
      @cblsamuel2348 3 года назад +1

      Yeah that true lucky i not life in japan ;-;

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 года назад +14

      @@cblsamuel2348 That was the 80s though, there are not many crimes in japan today compared to the amount of crimes in the U.S.

    • @LastBastion
      @LastBastion 3 года назад +7

      @@adankmeme651 not really, Japanese police can't catch criminal without 100% evidence, so some criminal can get away from it

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 3 года назад

      @@LastBastion Thanks for sharing bro, I didn't know that

  • @Cairo40000
    @Cairo40000 3 года назад +2020

    Hear me out
    A mafia game that takes place in Japan and is based around this war

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад +66

      Ya boy Okuyasu ok

    • @talpatv512
      @talpatv512 3 года назад +83

      Well mafia could-.. Naaah, I think mafia franchise will stay in the US, maybe a new IP

    • @zainy_inc154
      @zainy_inc154 3 года назад +14

      Bro that sounds awesome 😤✊🏼

    • @Dwarfy2k
      @Dwarfy2k 3 года назад +263

      I mean I think the Yakuza games use this war as a bit of it's inspiration

    • @eliteastrea
      @eliteastrea 3 года назад +33

      Would be cool for another yakuza prequel. Yakuza 0.5

  • @StickWithTrigger
    @StickWithTrigger 3 года назад +246

    I thought yakuza just had over the top fist fights at the top of climatic towers

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 3 года назад +8

      That first part where you break your way in through the main door then fight your way up, is a lot harder in reality, layers and layers of enemy gang members and barricades, heavy doors, maze of stairs, officers to get through, it sounds like the games yes but imagine how difficult it would really be

    • @elmalanmalan2175
      @elmalanmalan2175 3 года назад

      Stop watching movies

    • @np8139
      @np8139 3 года назад +32

      @@elmalanmalan2175 It was a joke about the Yakuza video game series.

    • @mrtampan9665
      @mrtampan9665 Год назад +3

      And had shirtless fight for showing off their tattoo and dynamic intro with their enemies name and position on it

  • @mikaneous1140
    @mikaneous1140 3 года назад +259

    "25 Dead in 2 Years."
    *Goro Majima?*

    • @DrJellyFanguzzz
      @DrJellyFanguzzz 3 года назад +1

      That's if he was in jail for all but one day

    • @fodee4313
      @fodee4313 3 года назад +6

      Majima ain't killing no one he is my boi

  • @cisco3111
    @cisco3111 3 года назад +629

    So basically Yakuza 0 but with less karaoke.

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 3 года назад +64

      No, this is basically Yakuza 2/Kiwami 2.

    • @x6621
      @x6621 3 года назад +30

      @@GeraltofRivia22 It’s more Yakuza 0. Though the real-life Yakuza here in Japan also ran discotheques during the “Trashy Craze” of the late 1980s too.

    • @Elozero250
      @Elozero250 3 года назад +39

      Its Yakuza 2 the war between Tojo and Omi

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 3 года назад +20

      @@Elozero250 finally, someone else gets it

    • @foufoustv2060
      @foufoustv2060 3 года назад +23

      @@x6621 its the plot of yakuza kiwami 2 in era of Yakuza 0 with less karaoke and less rubber wounds

  •  3 года назад +279

    Only 25 deaths in 2 years??
    now i believe that Majima and Kiryu have never killed anyone in their lifes

    • @marcusgidor2851
      @marcusgidor2851 3 года назад +5

      You stole someones comment

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 3 года назад +30

      For Japan this is a lot, their normal public order is nearly resolute, so its a big deal when it descends into their standard of chaos

    • @0Stalk0
      @0Stalk0 3 года назад +3

      @@marcusgidor2851 and?

    • @cosmichorizon3273
      @cosmichorizon3273 3 года назад +1

      @@marcusgidor2851 and?

    • @joynheart
      @joynheart 3 года назад

      @@cosmichorizon3273 its a stolen comment

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob 3 года назад +2371

    Someone: **says no**
    Yakuza: **walks in**
    Also someone: **says yes**
    Me: *Ah yes, the negotiator.*

  • @somepersonidk885
    @somepersonidk885 3 года назад +373

    I didnt know Yakuza 5 looked so violent and good.

  • @justinle6715
    @justinle6715 3 года назад +489

    Never knew that the Yakuza owned over 2500 businesses. They’re rich.

    • @michaelgarcia5437
      @michaelgarcia5437 3 года назад +32

      Justin Le No, they are filthy rich!

    • @nicksavage8155
      @nicksavage8155 3 года назад +5

      彼らは私をプッシースレイヤーと呼んでいます!

    • @josephstalin364
      @josephstalin364 3 года назад +6

      The yakuza when they earn money ruclips.net/video/g80eF9l88SI/видео.html

    • @ksubscriberswithoutavideoPls
      @ksubscriberswithoutavideoPls 3 года назад +12

      Joseph Stalin haha funny funny lol hahah aa😂😂 lol

    • @rivaraptor4277
      @rivaraptor4277 3 года назад +11

      Justin Le they always do the real estate missions and beat up giant buff guys attempting to shake everyone down

  • @talpatv512
    @talpatv512 3 года назад +783

    Ahhh yes, the more gangsters stories the better

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 3 года назад +62

    I’ve always wondered how involved the Yakuza were in Nintendo’s history

    • @Taiyo_Jinja
      @Taiyo_Jinja 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hmm, that is a really nice question. I wish I had the answers for it. 🤔

  • @KyudoKun
    @KyudoKun 3 года назад +85

    Me: I want to sleep.
    RUclips: Wanna see a history about Yakuza wars in the 80's?

  • @2xtoo145
    @2xtoo145 3 года назад +803

    In Japan, heart surgeon numba won

    • @CrystallizedBlackSkull
      @CrystallizedBlackSkull 3 года назад +28

      Yakuza get angry

    • @unitedwestanddividedwefall3521
      @unitedwestanddividedwefall3521 3 года назад +5

      Don’t talked to me till yoo docto

    • @scooter_4070
      @scooter_4070 3 года назад +7

      steady hand

    • @oceant1457
      @oceant1457 3 года назад +51

      Steady hand one day, yakuza boss need new heart I do surgery. *But, mistake!* Yakuza boss die! Yakuza very mad! Hide in fishing boat, come to America. No english, no food, no money! *Daryl give me job...* Now I have American car, house, and new woman. *Daryl save life.* My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose, I good surgeon. *The best!*

    • @808ghostMiller
      @808ghostMiller 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @hotto-dogu5829
    @hotto-dogu5829 3 года назад +41

    I love how the temporary woman in charge is exactly the same as when dojima’s wife temporarily took charge for the Tojo clan in the yakuza games

  • @baduploadschedule1015
    @baduploadschedule1015 3 года назад +286

    Yakuza Kiwami 2’s plot is heavily influenced by this even if the dates are off anyone who’s played it will see the similarities
    Shindo splitting of from the Tojo clan taking half the manpower
    The ambush and assasination of the patriarchs in the elevator
    The war between Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance

    • @agrippa2012
      @agrippa2012 3 года назад +39

      also Lady Dojima serving as acting chairwoman

    • @colourfulbees
      @colourfulbees 3 года назад +15

      was looking for someone to point it out, even one of the hits

    • @KonspiracE
      @KonspiracE 3 года назад +11

      Sort of. The Tojo Clan are based on the Sumiyoshi-kai. The Omi Alliance were based on the Yamaguchi Him. While they are sort of based on true events I wouldn't say it was a one to one correlation. But since they did say something about a Yakuza 0 Part 2. They could do this and they have the best character for it. Masaru Watase. Since he is the Omi's equivalent of Kitty.

    • @mitchellalexander9162
      @mitchellalexander9162 2 года назад +2

      @@KonspiracE The only Yakuza Zero Prequel I could fathom is one set during Kiryu Kazuma's Jail stint in Yakuza 1. Ten Years is a LONG Time Skip. And Nothing Happens Really? You don't have to set it in Kamurocho either. Yakuza 6 gave us a Diverse array of other locations and places to Explore and Worldbuild.

    • @thirdanimator3347
      @thirdanimator3347 2 года назад +1

      @@mitchellalexander9162 cause, the story focused on Kiryu, and Kiryus track to snap Nishiki back to reality.
      If there were more locations, Kiryus spotlight would be gone.

  • @saltboy1212
    @saltboy1212 3 года назад +99

    We all know the Dragon of Dojima had a part here

    • @oyubaatcantina
      @oyubaatcantina 3 года назад +32

      Don't forget the Mad Dog of Shimano too.

    • @gamerpro9809
      @gamerpro9809 3 года назад +37

      no wonder why the casualties are so low seriously kiryu has never kill anyone in his life.

    • @markmontoya3319
      @markmontoya3319 3 года назад +8

      Not to mention nishiki was helping butt heads too back then

  • @Captain23rdGaming
    @Captain23rdGaming 3 года назад +524

    "Over 300 Shooting were confirmed!"
    People in the crossfire: Dame Da Ne

  • @bruhmoment3417
    @bruhmoment3417 3 года назад +270

    10:08 vice city flashbacks

  • @lorgoat4991
    @lorgoat4991 3 года назад +18

    I like how in the thumbnail, the "yama ichi war" was written in a gta font

  • @kaijudirector5336
    @kaijudirector5336 3 года назад +197

    FINALLY. This is one piece of yakuza gangland lore that I have been keen to get more info on for a loooong time.
    However, it's the yakuza's 50s-70s antics that I'm most interested in. I hope we can get coverage of those as well.

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад +4

      Good! You got one of the pieces

    • @jtilton5
      @jtilton5 3 года назад +5

      If you haven't seen it yet. Look up "The Yakuza Papers" also called "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" it is a film series set in that time period.

    • @kaijudirector5336
      @kaijudirector5336 3 года назад +3

      @@jtilton5 I much prefer the 70s yakuza movies, actually! The Nihon no Don trilogy is my second favorite after the Battles series. It involves a Taoka expy trying to steer his yakuza gang for national domination.

    • @thomasmackliley6117
      @thomasmackliley6117 2 года назад

      @simplehistory would love to see more Yakuza content.

    • @skys6655
      @skys6655 Год назад +1

      @@kaijudirector5336 shii didnt know there was films like that. Remember i used to watch the hella old school ones where they were still in samurai days with my grams on the nippon golden network lol

  • @henryk1031
    @henryk1031 3 года назад +35

    Yakuza : attaches toe to finger.
    Me : WHY though!?

  • @secretlol69
    @secretlol69 3 года назад +504

    “Godfathers of all God fathers”
    Then who is The Godfather of Godfathers of all godfathers?

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад +42

      I don’t know, maybe GOD

    • @captaincringe8785
      @captaincringe8785 3 года назад +12

      @@Husk2280 who is the godfather of god?

    • @hikids7189
      @hikids7189 3 года назад +46

      @@captaincringe8785 god 2

    • @ribarxlittlex
      @ribarxlittlex 3 года назад +3

      maybe the godfather

    • @animeneweablet
      @animeneweablet 3 года назад +8

      God, the Father...I get it.

  • @jamesoconnor5908
    @jamesoconnor5908 3 года назад +64

    I would love to see more Irish history, the Confederate wars, the 1798 united Irish men rebellion, fenian rebellion, young Irelanders rebellion, catholic emancipation, home rule, 1916 easter rising, war of independence, civil war and more.

    • @glezgaboy9390
      @glezgaboy9390 3 года назад +1

      Why Ulster is still british

    • @wattsnottaken1
      @wattsnottaken1 3 года назад +2

      James O' Connor definitely would like to see a video on the 1916 Easter rising! 🔥

    • @cathanmccann1769
      @cathanmccann1769 3 года назад +1

      Yesss fellow Irish

    • @cathanmccann1769
      @cathanmccann1769 3 года назад +3

      @@glezgaboy9390 its actually not there 3 counties in Ulster that are part of the Republic of Ireland and the other Six are currently under British occupation but it won't be for long 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

    • @cathanmccann1769
      @cathanmccann1769 3 года назад

      @Tyler Stone why must why, we ate other things

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 3 года назад +137

    Mac10 made the 80's rock and roll.

    • @ghost_ib9928
      @ghost_ib9928 3 года назад +10

      Especially when they were suppressed

  • @randomletterhead6681
    @randomletterhead6681 3 года назад +20

    8:57 A vicious gun fight breaks out.
    Police:...
    *SEND IN THE STICK BOIS*

  • @Crystal_Apple
    @Crystal_Apple 3 года назад +46

    Love your channel, been here from the start

  • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
    @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y 3 года назад +29

    3:30 he was called The Bear by his subordinates, but his friends were allowed to call him Kitty.

  • @francesstar_6143
    @francesstar_6143 3 года назад +1606

    When People hear Yakuza in 1980:
    *SCARY*
    When People hear Yakuza in 2020:
    _Dame Da Ne_

    • @petu2123
      @petu2123 3 года назад +100

      DAME YO

    • @spreadelmo
      @spreadelmo 3 года назад +90

      DAME NANO YO

    • @eddiegarcia1560
      @eddiegarcia1560 3 года назад +20

      Go to Japan and make fun of it lol.

    • @tistorkewsenari3326
      @tistorkewsenari3326 3 года назад +79

      @@justanaveragegrizzlybear1503 SUKI DE SUKI SUGITE

    • @ZiraRisasi
      @ZiraRisasi 3 года назад +67

      @@eddiegarcia1560 dore da kai

  • @imgvillasrc1608
    @imgvillasrc1608 3 года назад +406

    *When a three year old huge yakuza feud starts erupting*
    Japanese civilians: Dame da ne, dame yo, dame na no yo~

  • @liameyles1450
    @liameyles1450 3 года назад +5

    this channel just keeps getting better cant wait to see what else they cover

  • @ministroll8415
    @ministroll8415 3 года назад +9

    Dude your animation skills increased exponentially really! Keep going!!!!

  • @user-zy6uo8it2f
    @user-zy6uo8it2f 3 года назад +89

    3:30 Imagine being the boss of a crime syndicate and being called "coomer"

    • @DonBalam
      @DonBalam 3 года назад +1

      I thought I am the only one who heard that

    • @saveriannathan1415
      @saveriannathan1415 3 года назад +8

      Its Kuma

    • @jbarral6509
      @jbarral6509 3 года назад +4

      It's Kuma which in japanese means Bear

    • @user-zy6uo8it2f
      @user-zy6uo8it2f 3 года назад +2

      @@jbarral6509 damn bro that's crazy, but I don't remember asking

    • @Crxw2Tired
      @Crxw2Tired 3 года назад +9

      @@user-zy6uo8it2f redditor

  • @voidneptune4554
    @voidneptune4554 3 года назад +33

    The animation keeps improving keep up the great work :)

  • @tonypeppermint5329
    @tonypeppermint5329 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely enjoyed the video. Can't wait for more on the history of gangs.

  • @AV-pz4rc
    @AV-pz4rc 3 года назад +3

    your animations keep getting better, good job

  • @RyanDVJ2049
    @RyanDVJ2049 3 года назад +84

    I'm actually doing a movie with this war as a backstory, this is so cool!

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад +4

      Luckily this video was made

    • @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645
      @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645 3 года назад +3

      Came in handy

    • @justalpha9138
      @justalpha9138 3 года назад +3

      @Egg T Wow really? Man you're an a$$

    • @RyanDVJ2049
      @RyanDVJ2049 3 года назад +1

      @@rodeanalfanteforcadela7645 You have no idea, it was kinda hard to find info on this

    • @shutup7958
      @shutup7958 3 года назад +1

      I don't care

  • @torgnyhaa
    @torgnyhaa 3 года назад +192

    3:55 In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die! Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No english, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best!

  • @nemesis3587
    @nemesis3587 3 года назад +32

    Tojo Clan: Yamaguchi-gumi
    Omi Alliance: Ichiwa-kai

    • @adriandapat1206
      @adriandapat1206 3 года назад +4

      Yomei Alliance: Inigawa-kai

    • @KonspiracE
      @KonspiracE 3 года назад +2

      No the Tojo Clan is the Sumiyoshi-Kai and the Omi Alliance is the Yamaguchi-gumi.

    • @adriandapat1206
      @adriandapat1206 2 года назад

      So, the Yomei Alliance is Kyosei-kai from Hiroshima, right?

  • @zanwar2185
    @zanwar2185 3 года назад +1

    Simple histories I love your videos keep up the good work

  • @markmontoya3319
    @markmontoya3319 3 года назад +5

    That's so cool, I always love hearing stuff about the Yakuza.

  • @ellislarter4968
    @ellislarter4968 3 года назад +4

    Love the content !

  • @kingofcrimson4177
    @kingofcrimson4177 3 года назад +1

    Great video. I literally only just watched your other Yakuza video before this was uploaded.
    Perhaps a video on the various Shoguns throughout Japanese history in the future?

  • @demon3286
    @demon3286 3 года назад +1

    Love your content bro keep it up

  • @probablysomeguy4806
    @probablysomeguy4806 3 года назад +46

    Are you telling me the yakuza game series is a documentary?

  • @alessiofe
    @alessiofe 3 года назад +21

    This is like kindergarten level compared to mafia wars in Sicily, those had the same total numbers of casualties but in just one week

    • @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv
      @FlaviusBelisarius-ck6uv 2 года назад +5

      That’s the Sicilians for you. Say what you will about them, but very few cultures have stronger familial ties and a communal identity than those you’d find in Sicily way back when, which makes sense considering that Sicilian history is basically them being invaded over and over and over again. Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandal and Ostrogoth, Byzantine Greek, Aghlabid, Kalbid, Norman, Aragonese, Spanish and so on. All had one thing in common, they tortured and oppressed the native Sicilians. Is it any wonder, with so many cruel and corrupt governments controlling them, that the Mafia sprung up to act as a secondary government of their own that still persists to this day.
      Revenge was a family obligation, so their vendettas could persist for centuries, perpetuating the cycle of vengeance. What’s even more astounding is just how many of these mafiosi were strongly religious. Devout Catholics, they wouldn’t even take the name of the lord in vain but in the hot blood of vendetta, they’d shotgun the pope himself for breaking Omertà.
      You could also compare the American Mafia, who were just a bunch of cowboys.
      The most famous mob war is probably the Prohibition-era Chicago Gang War that spanned from 1920 to 1931 and only killed 500 to 1300 people in total, but was fought with far more brutality and sadism than World War I (for starters, a gangster was thrown out of car while burning alive onto a busy public street in 1928). Also, the war wasn't just for the control of all illegal booze, the gangsters were fighting each other for control of the whole city, as the mayor at the time, Big Bill Thompson, was nothing more than a corrupt, insane puppet for Al Capone to control.

  • @DucNguyen-bd5ir
    @DucNguyen-bd5ir 3 года назад +1

    Another well done episode.

  • @nivlaksak
    @nivlaksak 3 года назад +1

    Love your videos!

  • @USBearForce
    @USBearForce 3 года назад +13

    So the most famous Yakuza gang war ended due to a combination of police crackdowns and excessive financial strain and NOT due to Kiryu Kazuma ripping his shirt off and punching his way through a battalion of heavily armed men culminating in a one-on-one showdown with Final Boss.
    Well, that's anticlimactic.

  • @Name1person
    @Name1person 3 года назад +182

    Me reads title:
    My brain: what is that word

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад +3

      Agreed

    • @karantable
      @karantable 3 года назад +5

      lol its the yama ichi yasuka

    • @Name1person
      @Name1person 3 года назад +3

      That doesn’t make a difference

    • @rayaso6036
      @rayaso6036 3 года назад +1

      It aint that hard to say

    • @Name1person
      @Name1person 3 года назад

      After you say it a few times

  • @cowboycowboy9592
    @cowboycowboy9592 3 года назад

    Great video

  • @TheBrianp1
    @TheBrianp1 3 года назад +20

    300 attacks, 25 dead. So Hollywood level aiming [aside from main characters... sometimes]

    • @umberto7773
      @umberto7773 6 дней назад

      Nah, simply close to reality

  • @RoyalFusilier
    @RoyalFusilier 3 года назад +55

    All the people going "25 people dead? ha, amateurs". While I'm over here like "hey, can I live in a society where 25 people being killed is considered extraordinary?"

    • @izzfitri6888
      @izzfitri6888 3 года назад +4

      Easy. Get out of the U.S.

    • @rakuencallisto
      @rakuencallisto 3 года назад +4

      @@izzfitri6888 oddly enough the same reason for most murders in the US are from gangs.

    • @michaeldougherty6036
      @michaeldougherty6036 3 года назад

      @@izzfitri6888 That's harder to do these days.

  • @Johnhet09
    @Johnhet09 3 года назад +6

    Given how simple the style of Animation, I like how they animated how they look, because it really looks like them.

  • @yourboy4005
    @yourboy4005 3 года назад

    Great video!!!

  • @arober9758
    @arober9758 3 года назад

    Amazing job guys!!

  • @ngurahgedemahotamajaya31
    @ngurahgedemahotamajaya31 3 года назад +15

    "You have provoked a Gang War!"

  • @Anonymous-jo2no
    @Anonymous-jo2no 3 года назад +25

    I just want to know if one of these Kansai Yakuza owns a cabaret club...

    • @user-uq5il4pi7e
      @user-uq5il4pi7e 3 года назад +12

      And has an eyepatch and always carry a baseball bat

    • @mariacorazondevelos7178
      @mariacorazondevelos7178 3 года назад +7

      @@user-uq5il4pi7e and sometimes a knife

    • @HoshikoBeat
      @HoshikoBeat 3 года назад +5

      ...and also know how to break dance while fighting

  • @coconutking7857
    @coconutking7857 3 года назад

    love the content

  • @10fps54
    @10fps54 3 года назад

    I love your videos i watch them so good

  • @balloutiumhd1060
    @balloutiumhd1060 3 года назад +4

    Sick videos! You’re the only hope of my intelligence surviving during quarantine. Keep it up. 👍🏼

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад

      Delete the second and make the nice thing your comment. We don’t like to hear “First” or “second”

    • @vanillamilk3063
      @vanillamilk3063 3 года назад

      nono your not

    • @balloutiumhd1060
      @balloutiumhd1060 3 года назад

      HuskyNinja09 happy?

  • @tareksaleh3259
    @tareksaleh3259 3 года назад +11

    Nice to know yakuza 1,2 and vice city took inspiration from this war.

  • @noahboat580
    @noahboat580 3 года назад

    glad you kept up the yakuza videos. i wish they were talked about more, especially withe them "existing" today

  • @autumnparkblvd
    @autumnparkblvd 3 года назад +1

    More? That was awesome!

  • @randomjunk1998
    @randomjunk1998 3 года назад +5

    People “only 25 people died? I thought you guys were violent powerful gangsters wtf?!”
    Yakuza “we’re classy professionals, and classy professionals HAVE STANDARDS!”

  • @invertedv12powerhouse77
    @invertedv12powerhouse77 3 года назад +4

    I just realized how the Yakuza games seem to be influenced by these events. The widow of the previous boss picking a replacement is one

  • @Ezek86
    @Ezek86 2 года назад +1

    i love how you used the yakuza fonts for this

  • @terranceaddison4599
    @terranceaddison4599 3 года назад +2

    Damn simple history..you didnt pull no stops on this one..all i can say: cold hard facts. Scary, brutal and chilling 😨😬

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 3 года назад +34

    Simple History: (Makes a video about the Yama Ichi Yakuza wars.)
    Me: Yes!
    Kiryu: Yes!

  • @arbiter6452
    @arbiter6452 3 года назад +8

    9:40 this scene reminds me of the opening scene of Grand Theft Auto Vice City

  • @rolandhanson7678
    @rolandhanson7678 3 года назад +1

    The music of this video was on point 👌🏾💯

  • @imdum5549
    @imdum5549 3 года назад +4

    7:05 the little girl like I aint scared of nothin

  • @im_not_political2026
    @im_not_political2026 3 года назад +13

    This is perhaps the biggest Dame-Da-ne moment in human history.

  • @baconator1785
    @baconator1785 3 года назад +4

    I have learned more in this video than an entire month of school

  • @demon3286
    @demon3286 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for keeping us entertained in corontine

  • @demon3286
    @demon3286 3 года назад +2

    Amazing animation

  • @unattractivetrashcan4739
    @unattractivetrashcan4739 3 года назад +21

    25 dead in 2 years, or as we like to call it in Los Angeles, tuesday

  • @slayermcrx7519
    @slayermcrx7519 3 года назад +5

    A video on the 5 major mafia families of New York's Mafia would be amazing. My favorite family out of the 5 was the Gambino family. Who's boss was Carlo Gambino, an Italian-American crime boss.

  • @rambo6265
    @rambo6265 3 года назад

    Love you vids

  • @wyatt8274
    @wyatt8274 3 года назад

    Very cool different style of video

  • @Jon-ep8ge
    @Jon-ep8ge 3 года назад +5

    You should do a video on the Quebec Biker war between the HA and RM.It lasted until the early 2000s and had 160 plus dead in total.

  • @NateOfNord
    @NateOfNord 3 года назад +162

    imagine this story being a anime lol

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 3 года назад +15

      That would be cool

    • @NateOfNord
      @NateOfNord 3 года назад +2

      then meeting with mafias dayum bro okay

    • @dereklee796
      @dereklee796 3 года назад +1

      XD

    • @Toni29360
      @Toni29360 3 года назад +2

      No

    • @arianaxdr7399
      @arianaxdr7399 3 года назад +5

      Yes with waifus and a handsome protagonist lol

  • @Masupups
    @Masupups 2 года назад +2

    You did a great job giving this video an 80's style. It's like the Japanese GTA Vice City

  • @satriamarshall312
    @satriamarshall312 3 года назад

    What a coincidence, yesterday i read some about Yakuza story and later Simple History made a video about it

  • @HieuNguyen-pr8mj
    @HieuNguyen-pr8mj 3 года назад +7

    This war seems to be so well known that it even got covered in the first chapter of Teddy Boy manhua/comic

  • @SouthernGentleman
    @SouthernGentleman 3 года назад +11

    I wonder what Al Capone and Clyde would think of them

  • @beniamino939
    @beniamino939 3 года назад

    MORE YAKUZA HISTORY PLEASE!

  • @felixzheng7476
    @felixzheng7476 3 года назад +1

    i love to learn history from here

  • @notdismays4166
    @notdismays4166 3 года назад +28

    Both sides must’ve been stormtroopers, with a war 2 years long and 25 deaths

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 3 года назад +4

      No its that Japans norm isn't daily gangland shootings, so when there are any, for Japan, its a lot

    • @user-pj1ec5om5g
      @user-pj1ec5om5g 3 года назад +4

      You need to go to Hawaii if you want contraband weaponry. If a Yakiza wanted you dead he’d beat you to death with his own hands or stab you with knives, as well having tons of people dead isn’t exactly good for business.
      If a crime syndicate’s most important statistics for you is the kill count you’d be the worst criminal in history

    • @shabut
      @shabut 3 года назад

      that we know of...

  • @kawtherkhalid1552
    @kawtherkhalid1552 3 года назад +31

    Hey simple history, nice vid. I have a video suggestion (if you don’t mind of course) we all know that you are no stranger to snipers, (you might not know this sniper) he has a total of 642 confirmed kills, he fought in the 2003 Iraq war, against American soldiers and he fought as an Iraqi sniper his main weapon is the Tabuk7.62mm rifle, although Wikipedia says it’s a dragunov (don’t blame them they look exactly the same) And he recently died in 2017 by militias, apparently American soldiers/marines were so scared of him they gave him the nickname "Juba" which means Instant death or death in any form. I think it would be interesting if you make a video about him

    • @kawtherkhalid1552
      @kawtherkhalid1552 3 года назад +1

      Definitely a George Soros funded bot No Iraqi Rambo is still alive and Abu Salih is the guy I’m talking about which is his real name and he was killed in action in 2017, but thank you for asking me

    • @melike9926
      @melike9926 3 года назад +1

      not real man must be propaganda in your country because he is definitely not responsible for 20% of americans killed in IRAQ war

    • @kawtherkhalid1552
      @kawtherkhalid1552 3 года назад +2

      MelikeSandler I know you might think Saddam Hussein is a lier but even Wikipedia says that he has 642 confirmed kills

    • @kawtherkhalid1552
      @kawtherkhalid1552 3 года назад +1

      TheFandrian the wall (featuring John Cena) was a good movie but the Americans never killed him In real life

  • @seancollins6255
    @seancollins6255 9 дней назад +1

    Part of this video got me like:
    Negative Spike: *Readies his Dark Key Sword, and charges at the RVEG and SMTGR Forces, but to no avail. He was struck back by the RVEG and SMTGR Forces, by the face, resulting in a scar, resulting in his scarred face, resulting in his turn to the Unaligned, as he was built into his own robot form, complete with his Dark all-metal straw hat, and his Dark kama mask, which gives him a symbol of his own desire to race against the Erakiryusan Warriors, to hunt down the Main Characters: The Audirookie Gangsters Kids, Spike and his loyal friend, SeanyGames, whom he declared Boss Battle on them.* Add that to my list, as well. Thanks for your help, Simple History Crew. 😊😊😊

  • @unkowng1193
    @unkowng1193 3 года назад +2

    These type of gangster videos are really interesting, maybe you could do one on some historic british gangsters like the krays Richardson’s or maybe the real peaky fookin blinders.

  • @PerturbatorFan
    @PerturbatorFan 3 года назад +14

    I dont remember Yakuza being about real life events

    • @DonBalam
      @DonBalam 3 года назад

      Haha, good one