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Being a gangster just ain't what it used to be:https://www.yahoo.com/news/rise-fall-yakuza-japans-ruthless-104154686.html

NEW DRAMA

Drama Title: The Confidence Man JP
Drama Title (SJIS): コンフィデンスマンJP
TV Station: Fuji TV
Duration: 10 Episodes
Date Start: 2018-04-09
Date End: 2018-06-11
Synops ...

they refer to the yakuza as "an anti-social group"

That's kind of like saying Michael Jordan played basketball. hehe

There's been a recent scandal involving Yoshimoto Entertainment and the yakuza. Typical Japanese understatement, they refer to the yakuza as "an anti-social group":https://japantoday.com/cat ...

Watase Tsunehiko passes away at 72:http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/03/16/films/tsunehiko-watase-yakuza-movie-star-known-role-oshin-dies-72/

Another betting scandal in Japanese sports, but this time it's baseball:

Two more Giants involved in baseball gambling

The Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team was dealt another blow Wedne ...

Hi all,

The time has come to hit y'all up for some new recommendations!

Some lists below that I'm hoping will help in making recommendations. Smile

Definitely a bit fan of Tamaki, Abe, Kuninaka- ...

Yuko Oshima to be detective in upcoming TBS drama

Former AKB48 member Oshima Yuko will be starring in upcoming TBS drama "Yamegoku ~Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu~." This is her first time ta ...

Boo, finishing a couple great dramas and then not finding new ones to get into is the worst. We recently watched At Home Dad and Muri na Renai. Both were totally awesome and exactly the kind of show w ...

Veteran yakuza actor Bunta Sugawara passes away at 81

Kyodo Dec 1, 2014

Renowned actor Bunta Sugawara, who won fame portraying the grittiness and cruelty of small-time gangsters, died Friday ...

Muri na Renai is really good... A terrific performance by Natsukawa Yui. Applaud

Ah man, she is *so* good in Kekkon Dekinai Otoko. I will be eager to check out the show then (when I can find it ...

Ken Takakura dies at 83

Certainly ranks among the most iconic on-screen figures in the history of Japanese cinema. Although he was immensely popular, his on-screen charisma overshadowed his consi ...

Ken Takakura dies at 83

Ken Takakura, who first rose to stardom in the 1960s playing yakuza outlaws, but later became Hollywood�fs go-to actor for made-in-Japan films, died on Nov. 10 at age 83 of ...

BTW, as for depressing/dark doramas--I'm okay with these, as long as they...hmm, I don't want to be spoiled, but I want them to end in satisfying (and hopefully happy) ways. But if they can't end in a ...

king's restaurant 1995
my little chef (abe)
tiger and dragon (fashion, yakuza comedy)
attention please (airline drama) (skip?)
karazu Cat's Eye (crime caper comdy w/ cancer?)
love generation 1997 ...

Thank you all for those recommendations! (I'm the poster from the top of this page.) I really appreciate it. We ended up watching Orange Days which was amazing. I can't recommend that one strongly eno ...

Okey after being stupid and not look 100% around the forum I made a new topic when there is one already about recommendations so I hope that one gets deleted and I will ask here instead.

So I need ...

Okey after being stupid and not look 100% around the forum I made a new topic when there is one already about recommendations so I hope that one gets deleted and I will ask here instead.

So I need ...

Ikuta Toma & Oguri Shun to team up again in TBS Winter 2015 drama "Ouroboros"

Ikuta Toma and Oguri Shun will work together again in the upcoming TBS Winter 2015 drama "Ouroboros& ...

And I am starting with Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi - it's a brilliant show and I did follow the series but I missed three or four episodes since it aired on Friday or Saturday night.

Started watching ...