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 4 года назад +2628

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

  • @theredspirit2090
    @theredspirit2090 4 года назад +4118

    Yakuza 0 was so popular they made a gang about it

  • @x-ray-oh3134
    @x-ray-oh3134 4 года назад +2290

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

    • @KeysAndDoorss
      @KeysAndDoorss 4 года назад +149

      I heard 50 people die each day in Chicago .

    • @John-doe955
      @John-doe955 4 года назад +46

      @@KeysAndDoorss that is correct

    • @unknwnTea
      @unknwnTea 4 года назад +18

      @@John-doe955 no it's not

    • @unknwnTea
      @unknwnTea 4 года назад +113

      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 4 года назад +4

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

  • @miguelangelbermudezmora9286
    @miguelangelbermudezmora9286 4 года назад +686

    "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 +7

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

    • @FernandoHernandez-jw4yy
      @FernandoHernandez-jw4yy 3 года назад +28

      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 3 года назад +12

      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 +441

    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 3 года назад +15

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

    • @zeta1960
      @zeta1960 3 года назад +7

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

    • @mkmllrc
      @mkmllrc 3 года назад +4

      @@zeta1960 exactly

    • @vanhattfield8292
      @vanhattfield8292 3 года назад +21

      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 2 года назад +5

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

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад +1136

    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

  • @Cairo40000
    @Cairo40000 4 года назад +2041

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

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 4 года назад +66

      Ya boy Okuyasu ok

    • @talpatv512
      @talpatv512 4 года назад +83

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

    • @zainy_inc154
      @zainy_inc154 4 года назад +14

      Bro that sounds awesome 😤✊🏼

    • @Dwarfy2k
      @Dwarfy2k 4 года назад +264

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

    • @eliteastrea
      @eliteastrea 4 года назад +34

      Would be cool for another yakuza prequel. Yakuza 0.5

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY 4 года назад +737

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

    • @michaelgarcia5437
      @michaelgarcia5437 4 года назад +4

      Question Everything - Thought Provoking Ideas Hadji Murad

    • @nicksavage8155
      @nicksavage8155 4 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 4 года назад +6

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

    • @HUNKtm
      @HUNKtm 4 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

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob 4 года назад +2380

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

  • @alextepe4309
    @alextepe4309 4 года назад +690

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

  • @StickWithTrigger
    @StickWithTrigger 4 года назад +264

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

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 4 года назад +9

      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 4 года назад

      Stop watching movies

    • @np8139
      @np8139 4 года назад +37

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

    • @mrtampan9665
      @mrtampan9665 2 года назад +4

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

  • @GeraltofRivia22
    @GeraltofRivia22 4 года назад +459

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

    • @ExeErdna
      @ExeErdna 4 года назад +5

      True, with 300 shootings and only like 30 people died

    • @cblsamuel2348
      @cblsamuel2348 4 года назад +1

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

    • @adankmeme651
      @adankmeme651 4 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 4 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 4 года назад

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

  • @cisco3111
    @cisco3111 4 года назад +650

    So basically Yakuza 0 but with less karaoke.

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 4 года назад +67

      No, this is basically Yakuza 2/Kiwami 2.

    • @x6621
      @x6621 4 года назад +31

      @@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 4 года назад +40

      Its Yakuza 2 the war between Tojo and Omi

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 4 года назад +20

      @@Elozero250 finally, someone else gets it

    • @foufoustv2060
      @foufoustv2060 4 года назад +23

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

  • @mikaneous1140
    @mikaneous1140 4 года назад +270

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

    • @DrJellyFanguzzz
      @DrJellyFanguzzz 3 года назад +2

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

    • @fodee4313
      @fodee4313 3 года назад +7

      Majima ain't killing no one he is my boi

  •  4 года назад +298

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

    • @marcusgidor2851
      @marcusgidor2851 4 года назад +5

      You stole someones comment

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 4 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 4 года назад +3

      @@marcusgidor2851 and?

    • @cosmichorizon3273
      @cosmichorizon3273 3 года назад +1

      @@marcusgidor2851 and?

    • @joynheart
      @joynheart 3 года назад

      @@cosmichorizon3273 its a stolen comment

  • @zakazany1945
    @zakazany1945 3 года назад +94

    "25 died"
    There were single NIGHTS where I live that were deadlier than this whole war.

  • @KyudoKun
    @KyudoKun 4 года назад +85

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

  • @2xtoo145
    @2xtoo145 4 года назад +806

    In Japan, heart surgeon numba won

    • @CrystallizedBlackSkull
      @CrystallizedBlackSkull 4 года назад +28

      Yakuza get angry

    • @unitedwestanddividedwefall3521
      @unitedwestanddividedwefall3521 4 года назад +5

      Don’t talked to me till yoo docto

    • @scooter_4070
      @scooter_4070 4 года назад +7

      steady hand

    • @oceant1457
      @oceant1457 4 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 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @talpatv512
    @talpatv512 4 года назад +781

    Ahhh yes, the more gangsters stories the better

  • @somepersonidk885
    @somepersonidk885 4 года назад +382

    I didnt know Yakuza 5 looked so violent and good.

  • @Captain23rdGaming
    @Captain23rdGaming 4 года назад +532

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

  • @hotto-dogu5829
    @hotto-dogu5829 4 года назад +46

    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

  • @justinle6715
    @justinle6715 4 года назад +493

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

    • @michaelgarcia5437
      @michaelgarcia5437 4 года назад +32

      Justin Le No, they are filthy rich!

    • @nicksavage8155
      @nicksavage8155 4 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 4 года назад +6

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

    • @HeroJurjens
      @HeroJurjens 4 года назад +12

      Joseph Stalin haha funny funny lol hahah aa😂😂 lol

    • @rivaraptor4277
      @rivaraptor4277 4 года назад +11

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

  • @francesstar_6143
    @francesstar_6143 4 года назад +1613

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

    • @petu2123
      @petu2123 4 года назад +100

      DAME YO

    • @spreadelmo
      @spreadelmo 4 года назад +90

      DAME NANO YO

    • @EddieGarciaVQ
      @EddieGarciaVQ 4 года назад +20

      Go to Japan and make fun of it lol.

    • @tistorkewsenari3326
      @tistorkewsenari3326 4 года назад +79

      @@justanaveragegrizzlybear1503 SUKI DE SUKI SUGITE

    • @ZiraRisasi
      @ZiraRisasi 4 года назад +67

      @@EddieGarciaVQ dore da kai

  • @torgnyhaa
    @torgnyhaa 4 года назад +193

    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!

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 4 года назад +63

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

    • @Taiyo_Jingu
      @Taiyo_Jingu Год назад +1

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

  • @Crystal_Apple
    @Crystal_Apple 4 года назад +46

    Love your channel, been here from the start

  • @Perifroog
    @Perifroog 4 года назад +291

    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 4 года назад +41

      also Lady Dojima serving as acting chairwoman

    • @colourfulbees
      @colourfulbees 4 года назад +15

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

    • @KonspiracE
      @KonspiracE 4 года назад +12

      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 3 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.

  • @voidneptune4554
    @voidneptune4554 4 года назад +33

    The animation keeps improving keep up the great work :)

  • @imgvillasrc1608
    @imgvillasrc1608 4 года назад +410

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

  • @secretlol69
    @secretlol69 4 года назад +506

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

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 4 года назад +42

      I don’t know, maybe GOD

    • @captaincringe8785
      @captaincringe8785 4 года назад +12

      @@Husk2280 who is the godfather of god?

    • @hikids7189
      @hikids7189 4 года назад +46

      @@captaincringe8785 god 2

    • @ribarxlittlex
      @ribarxlittlex 4 года назад +3

      maybe the godfather

    • @animeneweablet
      @animeneweablet 4 года назад +8

      God, the Father...I get it.

  • @randomletterhead6681
    @randomletterhead6681 4 года назад +21

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

  • @saltboy1212
    @saltboy1212 4 года назад +103

    We all know the Dragon of Dojima had a part here

    • @oyubaatcantina
      @oyubaatcantina 4 года назад +34

      Don't forget the Mad Dog of Shimano too.

    • @gamerpro9809
      @gamerpro9809 4 года назад +37

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

    • @markmontoya3319
      @markmontoya3319 4 года назад +8

      Not to mention nishiki was helping butt heads too back then

  • @kaijudirector5336
    @kaijudirector5336 4 года назад +196

    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 4 года назад +4

      Good! You got one of the pieces

    • @jtilton5
      @jtilton5 4 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 4 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 3 года назад

      @simplehistory would love to see more Yakuza content.

    • @Appachoppa112
      @Appachoppa112 2 года 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

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 4 года назад +137

    Mac10 made the 80's rock and roll.

    • @ghost_ib9928
      @ghost_ib9928 4 года назад +10

      Especially when they were suppressed

  • @henryk1031
    @henryk1031 4 года назад +35

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

  • @bruhmoment3417
    @bruhmoment3417 4 года назад +272

    10:08 vice city flashbacks

  • @ministroll8415
    @ministroll8415 3 года назад +9

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

  • @lorgoat4991
    @lorgoat4991 3 года назад +18

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

  • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
    @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y 4 года назад +29

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

  • @user-zy6uo8it2f
    @user-zy6uo8it2f 4 года назад +89

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

    • @DonBalam
      @DonBalam 4 года назад +1

      I thought I am the only one who heard that

    • @saveriannathan1415
      @saveriannathan1415 4 года назад +8

      Its Kuma

    • @jbarral6509
      @jbarral6509 4 года назад +4

      It's Kuma which in japanese means Bear

    • @user-zy6uo8it2f
      @user-zy6uo8it2f 4 года назад +2

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

    • @Crxw2Tired
      @Crxw2Tired 4 года назад +9

      @@user-zy6uo8it2f redditor

  • @liameyles1450
    @liameyles1450 4 года назад +5

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

  • @jamesoconnor5908
    @jamesoconnor5908 4 года назад +63

    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 4 года назад +1

      Why Ulster is still british

    • @wattsnottaken1
      @wattsnottaken1 4 года назад +2

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

    • @cathanmccann1769
      @cathanmccann1769 4 года назад +1

      Yesss fellow Irish

    • @cathanmccann1769
      @cathanmccann1769 4 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 4 года назад

      @Tyler Stone why must why, we ate other things

  • @nemesis3587
    @nemesis3587 4 года назад +33

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

    • @adriandapat1206
      @adriandapat1206 4 года назад +4

      Yomei Alliance: Inigawa-kai

    • @KonspiracE
      @KonspiracE 4 года назад +2

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

    • @adriandapat1206
      @adriandapat1206 3 года назад

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

  • @TheManFromWaco
    @TheManFromWaco 4 года назад +14

    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.

  • @AV-pz4rc
    @AV-pz4rc 4 года назад +3

    your animations keep getting better, good job

  • @RoyalFusilier
    @RoyalFusilier 4 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 4 года назад +4

      Easy. Get out of the U.S.

    • @rakuencallisto
      @rakuencallisto 4 года назад +4

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

    • @michaeldougherty6036
      @michaeldougherty6036 4 года назад

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

  • @Name1person
    @Name1person 4 года назад +183

    Me reads title:
    My brain: what is that word

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 4 года назад +3

      Agreed

    • @karantable
      @karantable 4 года назад +5

      lol its the yama ichi yasuka

    • @Name1person
      @Name1person 4 года назад +3

      That doesn’t make a difference

    • @rayaso6036
      @rayaso6036 4 года назад +1

      It aint that hard to say

    • @Name1person
      @Name1person 4 года назад

      After you say it a few times

  • @alessiofe
    @alessiofe 4 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 3 года назад +6

      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.

  • @randomjunk1998
    @randomjunk1998 3 года назад +6

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

  • @Dedemahotama31
    @Dedemahotama31 4 года назад +15

    "You have provoked a Gang War!"

  • @TheBrianp1
    @TheBrianp1 4 года назад +20

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

    • @umberto7773
      @umberto7773 7 месяцев назад

      Nah, simply close to reality

  • @Anolaizm
    @Anolaizm 4 года назад +22

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

  • @RyanDVJ2049
    @RyanDVJ2049 4 года назад +84

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

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 4 года назад +4

      Luckily this video was made

    • @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645
      @rodeanalfanteforcadela7645 4 года назад +3

      Came in handy

    • @justalpha9138
      @justalpha9138 4 года назад +3

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

    • @RyanDVJ2049
      @RyanDVJ2049 4 года назад +1

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

    • @shutup7958
      @shutup7958 4 года назад +1

      I don't care

  • @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

  • @probablysomeguy4806
    @probablysomeguy4806 4 года назад +46

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

  • @afrikasmith1049
    @afrikasmith1049 4 года назад +34

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

  • @coop_cap
    @coop_cap 4 года назад +13

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

  • @markmontoya3319
    @markmontoya3319 4 года назад +5

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

  • @ellislarter4968
    @ellislarter4968 4 года назад +4

    Love the content !

  • @Anonymous-jo2no
    @Anonymous-jo2no 4 года назад +25

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

  • @zanwar2185
    @zanwar2185 4 года назад +1

    Simple histories I love your videos keep up the good work

  • @tareksaleh3259
    @tareksaleh3259 4 года назад +11

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

  • @jason4275
    @jason4275 4 года назад +84

    300 Shooting and only 25 dead, these guys are amateurs.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 4 года назад +3

      A lot of shootings were not assassinations per se, but in the process of another crime, like robbery or kidnapping

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад +1

      Well he did say confirmed but really you have to look at it statistically
      How many more unexplained shooting compared to last year and the increase of missing persons(men primarily) then you can get a better picture of how many died because of the conflict

    • @unfortunateson5016
      @unfortunateson5016 4 года назад

      @@olivermoonstar4232 yes but the men Killed are their own hahah

    • @kalimacho1
      @kalimacho1 4 года назад

      I won't call them amateur
      More dicisplined/self control/civilised

    • @jason4275
      @jason4275 4 года назад +2

      @@kalimacho1 Discipline solders have accurate shots, these Yakuza were shooting like it was the wild west.

  • @Johnhet09
    @Johnhet09 4 года назад +6

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

  • @tonypeppermint5329
    @tonypeppermint5329 4 года назад +1

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

  • @NateOfNord
    @NateOfNord 4 года назад +161

    imagine this story being a anime lol

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 4 года назад +15

      That would be cool

    • @NateOfNord
      @NateOfNord 4 года назад +2

      then meeting with mafias dayum bro okay

    • @dereklee796
      @dereklee796 4 года назад +1

      XD

    • @Toni29360
      @Toni29360 4 года назад +2

      No

    • @arianaxdr7399
      @arianaxdr7399 4 года назад +5

      Yes with waifus and a handsome protagonist lol

  • @demon3286
    @demon3286 4 года назад +1

    Love your content bro keep it up

  • @imdum5549
    @imdum5549 4 года назад +4

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

  • @specialist9207
    @specialist9207 4 года назад +10

    10:00 Ladies and gentlemen, WE GOT 'EM

  • @baconator1785
    @baconator1785 4 года назад +4

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

  • @nivlaksak
    @nivlaksak 4 года назад +1

    Love your videos!

  • @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

  • @Ezek86
    @Ezek86 3 года назад +1

    i love how you used the yakuza fonts for this

  • @Jon-ep8ge
    @Jon-ep8ge 4 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.

  • @DucNguyen-bd5ir
    @DucNguyen-bd5ir 4 года назад +1

    Another well done episode.

  • @arbiter6452
    @arbiter6452 4 года назад +8

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

  • @slayermcrx7519
    @slayermcrx7519 4 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.

  • @balloutiumhd1060
    @balloutiumhd1060 4 года назад +4

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

    • @Husk2280
      @Husk2280 4 года назад

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

    • @vanillamilk3063
      @vanillamilk3063 4 года назад

      nono your not

    • @balloutiumhd1060
      @balloutiumhd1060 4 года назад

      HuskyNinja09 happy?

  • @jomaripanuncialman5321
    @jomaripanuncialman5321 4 года назад +2

    I recommend sir about how the Philippines discovered by Ferdinand Magellan from Spain then gets fight with Lapu-Lapu the Philipine Hero. Hope you'll make some animations for this sir and I know lots of your subscribers will love it!

  • @cgt3704
    @cgt3704 4 года назад +43

    When you want people to remember The Yakuza games

    • @endo4137
      @endo4137 4 года назад +4

      Pretty good tho

    • @brentwhite7150
      @brentwhite7150 4 года назад +6

      This makes me want to play the games again.

    • @nicksavage8155
      @nicksavage8155 4 года назад

      彼らは私をプッシースレイヤーと呼んでいます!

    • @dyauloo5747
      @dyauloo5747 4 года назад +1

      Dame dane, dame yo....

  • @CrimsonScar-1
    @CrimsonScar-1 4 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?

  • @Hogan231
    @Hogan231 4 года назад +23

    Crime syndicate against another crime syndicate.

  • @Masupups
    @Masupups 3 года назад +2

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

  • @SouthernGentleman
    @SouthernGentleman 4 года назад +11

    I wonder what Al Capone and Clyde would think of them

  • @kawtherkhalid1552
    @kawtherkhalid1552 4 года назад +30

    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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 года назад +1

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

  • @Habiyeru
    @Habiyeru 4 года назад +4

    This is literally the plot of Yakuza 2

  • @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg
    @Wanderingwalker-ke6mg 4 года назад +11

    I see yakuza, I instantly think of “archer” 🤣

  • @notdismays4166
    @notdismays4166 4 года назад +28

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

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 4 года назад +4

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

    • @トーキ-g8v
      @トーキ-g8v 4 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 4 года назад

      that we know of...

  • @seancollins6255
    @seancollins6255 10 месяцев назад +1

    Resembles large numbers and volumes of battle scenes, from the Spikeyvincibles Classics Reunion, better known as Spikeyvincibles Multicrossover Generations Classics, and that's what I'm talking about, and that's several actions, and I love it! 😊😊😊
    Innocence: We don't want to die to the scrap heap of naughty and evil, for good! 😨😭😱😟
    Rebel Deviantron and Neutral Forces: You need to be punished and ruined, for life! 😈😠😈😼
    Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces: No, you don't. 😏😏
    Innocence: Is that you? Our new heroes? 😟
    Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces: Yes. But you're close, because we are not the only ones. 😏😏
    Rebel Deviantron and Neutral Forces: The more you complain, the more angry we get! 🤬
    Multidimensional Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces: Not on our watch, you rodents! 😼
    Erakiryu Revengeance Sentai Forces: We are ready for everything! 😼
    Rebel Deviantron and Neutral Forces: *Roars, in Enraged and Unleashed Anger, as they're getting ready for a bloodshed.*
    Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces + Multidimensional Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces: Let's show what the Tokyian-led Guardian Angels, were made of! Let's go! 😼😼😁😁😼😼 *Then defends the Innocence, and starts non-stop launching endless waves of assaults, and combo chains, and special attack chains, followed large numbers of summons, and several scores of team-ups, and so on, against large numbers of Rebels, while eradicating, and mowing down every last one of them.*
    Me: *Watches large numbers and volumes of mass fighting scenes, unfold, as the first waves of Rebels, start lying dead, followed by another wave of Rebels, as their casualties continue to keep mounting, most of them, becoming fallen prey, to the combined power of the armies of both the Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces, and their Multidimensional Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces, mixed with the Innocence-friendly Law peoples, Police forces, and Rebel-targeting Sentencers, as well, as the clashes progresses.*
    Innocence: *Supports the Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces, and Multidimensional Tokyian-led Deviantron Forces to help them boost their power, positivity, and Ferham luck, followed by large numbers of supporters, and larger numbers of warriors.* 😁😁😁😊😊😊😁😁😁
    Me: Several more Rebel fighters die, and collapse onto the ground, then getting beat up, and slayed one after another. 😊😊
    Innocence: *Begins to Cheering and going Excitement, after the Tokyian-led Deviantrons, slayed the last batches of Rebels and Hostiles.* 😊😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😁😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😄😄😄😄
    Me: Skip forward to Several Years to the present day...
    Audirookie Gangsters Kids: Huh? What happened to these peoples? 😳😳
    Innocence: You're also our new heroes! 🤩🤩🤩
    Audirookie Gangsters Kids: And how did the Innocence got lucky this time? 🤔🤔😕😕
    Me: And the rest is the future series, of sorts. 😊😊😊

  • @brendenalexander6178
    @brendenalexander6178 4 года назад +4

    7:47 most badass assassination animation in 2020.....

  • @arober9758
    @arober9758 3 года назад

    Amazing job guys!!

  • @cassien4015
    @cassien4015 3 года назад +3

    9:15 the yama ichi yakuza war (wwlll)-8:58-7:55-3:02-9:03-11:30-11:11

  • @yourboy4005
    @yourboy4005 4 года назад

    Great video!!!

  • @misterrandelealcoranarcill5981
    @misterrandelealcoranarcill5981 4 года назад +8

    But the Japanese Yakuza Mafia was followed the Yama-Ichi Yakuza War (1985-89) were exile in Japan and moved and arrival to the Philippines since 1986 with the Filipino mafia was followed the given the drug dealers, big money and weapons and followed them in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolt against Marcos Regime and among the Japanese Yakuza and Filipino Mafia around in Metro Manila were arrested by the Integrated National Police, the Philippine Constabulary and the National Bureau of Investigation and put to Philippine Prison and Back to Japan.

  • @yourfilmindustry
    @yourfilmindustry 4 года назад +2

    when there's a yakuza war going on, but all you want to do is sing Baka Mitai in your local karaoke bar

  • @floridajake58
    @floridajake58 3 года назад +3

    Do a video on the Norco shootout in 1980 that was an insane story

  • @demon3286
    @demon3286 4 года назад +2

    Amazing animation

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 4 года назад +42

    *Yakuza:* “DAME DA NE! Dame yo, dame nano yo!”

  • @DangerousMoonwalkerOfficial
    @DangerousMoonwalkerOfficial 3 года назад +2

    9:30 this was actually true they tried to contact Michael who was In the area and knew that he was writing his next album and wanted to sponsor his first few shows