Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter | Shoko Tendo

Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter | Shoko Tendo | underworld daughter

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Yakuza Moon: Memoi...

	Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter Shoko Tendo Kodansha International, 2007 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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Off the beaten path of Japanese culture

Wow, what a glimpse into an unexpected aspect of Japanese culture. You won't find this in the tourist guidebooks.

As an American who is pretty unfamiliar with Japanese life, I wondered if I would understand the cultural references. Everything in the translated version is either clear from context or it is well defined. The Afterword was helpful. If you don't mind that it reveals the general plot, you might read it before the book as an orientation.

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The gangster life is a very hard life, it rarely gives a gangster a whole life of satisfaction, the most he can hope for is a few good years. Its worse for their children. This girl's father was a Yakuza boss who went up and down in the underworld, she was a drug user, deeply depressed and unable to build a meaningful life-her story is not so much about the Yakuza as about her. She is self centered, lacks a moral code but as she ages she develops loyalty(probably a trait she learned at home)and develops the strength to leave the street life and improve herself

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