by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Based on a story by Japanese author Tsutomu Nakamura, Yasha features Ken Takakura as a onetime "torpedo" for the Yazuka, the Japanese equivalent to the Mafia. Takakura escapes his life of crime to become a fisherman. He rises to prominence in his community, becoming a model husband and businessman. Only by accident is Takakura's criminal past revealed when it is discovered that he has a tattoo of the Japanese goddess Yasha on his chest -- the mark of the Yakuza. Rejected by his onetime friends and neighbors, Takakura is forced to face his old gang cohorts alone in a bloody showdown.
characteristics
- Going-straight
- Mob
- Gang
- Mafia
- Past
- Fishing-village
- One-against-odds
- Reformation
- Reform [improve]
- Tattoo
- Yakuza
- Wives
- Wife
- Starting Over
- Underworld
