Confessions of a Yakuza

"Vivid and accurate." -Los Angeles Times
"A wonderful storyteller with a variety of unusual experiences." -Washington Post Book World
"Packed with colorful details and insights, told straightforwardly without machismo or exaggeration... Important and entertaining." -Manoa
"This is the kind of history that rarely gets recorded... Interesting, candid, and honest." -Far Eastern Economic Review
Memories of pain and pleasure...a witness to the past." -Le Monde
"Fascinating ... gang hierarchy, the relationship between the police and the mob, the organization of gambling sessions and of prison life." -Quadrant
"Compelling...big-hearted."-International Herald Tribune