FortunaNorte

It's pretty amazing that the Yakuza are literally one of the reasons Japanese companies have historically avoided meeting with their own shareholders and have had poor shareholder value. One of my favorite Yakuza movies is the 1992 movie "Minbo," which is about a woman battling Yakuza extortion techniques at a hotel. The director Itami Juzo was slashed in the face by the Yakuza after he released the movie. Though he survived, he later died after jumping out of a roof of a building with a typed suicide note some years later. While some suspected Yakuza foul play, the death was officially ruled a suicide.