Young Yakuza Page #2

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I would never have thought

that years later,

I would be the boss here.

Your tea.

Excuse the interruption.

Given his position

in relation to mine,

he can't come to see me

to talk about his future.

I must make the first move.

I'll choose the right time.

It doesn't seem like it,

but when I'm in the office,

I watch the young guys myself.

It's stinging my eyes!

Ikeda-san, you have a tattoo?

Yes.

What's it like?

Like that?

No, mine isn't finished.

Only the outline.

It's crazy to be so tattooed.

It's cool.

It's really cool.

- Do they mean something?

- Yes.

Everyone here has a tattoo?

Yes, quite a few.

Do you want

a tattoo as well?

I don't know yet.

I have a small one.

- A western one?

- Yes, a western one.

Please excuse me.

That will be all.

That's fine.

According to my philosophy

and that of my clan,

there's no point

in forcing someone.

If a young guy wants to leave,

it means he has his

own reasons, of course.

Sometimes, I ask them

for an explanation, but not always.

It depends on the person.

Each time is different.

In fact, it depends

on his behaviour.

If it's a young guy who has

really tried hard,

who made a real effort,

I ask him why he wants to leave.

If he's sure, I accept.

But in that case,

there are rules to be respected.

I give him the conditions

and he must disappear.

He must never use the clan's name,

and never say he was in the clan.

It depends on the clan

but I think there's no point

in making them stay.

That's my philosophy

and I don't intend to change.

Before, the custom was to

cut off their little finger.

But if a yakuza

did that today,

he wouldn't be able to

rejoin normal society.

If he's missing a finger,

he will have problems

finding a job.

I do not follow this practice.

But I order the man to

forget everything he has seen.

Even to forget the name Kumagai.

Not to regret his choice.

And never to look back.

If he is ready to accept

the consequences, he can leave.

He must never pronounce

one syllable of our name.

And leave the neighbourhood.

Those are the rules to be respected.

Compared to before,

I think it's easier.

Head into town

Tokyo, capital

Concrete walls bar your way

Jump straight in

Follow your path

Don't stop

Yo mother f***in' Tokyo

To the end of the world

To the end of life

Let's go...

Hello everyone.

We'll start with

the end of year clean-up.

To begin the New Year cleanly,

and enable our boss

and our executives

to work well,

I will ask that you work hard

and be effective.

Tomaru, Katsuhisa and Naoki,

do the boss's office.

Someya, Shiraishi, Harada and Takagi,

do the living room.

Shimoda, Nakahara and Kobayashi,

do the cadet's room and the kitchen.

I want everything clean.

Hey, Kosuke,

do you have posters at home?

Before yes, but not anymore.

That's not really a poster...

But usually,

you put up posters of stars.

It's unusual to put

a poster of yourself on the wall.

Well, I think so...

But in the offices of the other clans,

they are even bigger.

Would you like

to be like him?

Become like him...

Kumagai-gumi New Year's party

I am Takashima.

Next year,

I will try to be the best driver.

I am Sato.

Next year I will work hard.

I am Someya.

I will endeavour to take

the honourable path.

You may talk among yourselves.

I now hand you over

to M. Hideyuki Ishii of Kumagai-gumi.

It's been a busy year,

and we thank the boss warmly

for the precious time

he has given us.

We will do three rounds of applause.

One of my men who was once

my secretary was in court.

The judge asked his profession,

and he answered yakuza.

He was asked:

"What does that mean?"

The term "yakuza"

exists in the dictionary,

but it is not listed

as a profession, I think.

I was happy

that my young guy said that.

In general, in court,

we say we have no profession,

or that we are self-employed.

But when we say that, we get:

"But aren't you a yakuza?"

Why bother saving face?

It's no better to be

unemployed or self-employed.

In that case,

you might as well tell the court

proudly:
"I'm a yakuza."

"I am a yakuza by trade."

It's quite manly, no?

The judge asked him: "What does

the yakuza profession involve?"

"Proving one's manhood."

"You can do that in other jobs",

said the judge.

I thought

it was a good answer.

Whatever our job.

But I would have liked to know

how he proves his manhood.

Our kind ignores the law,

or more precisely,

we turn our backs on it.

We watch society from the shadows.

Today, yakuzas

need to think about how

they can go on doing what they do.

We yakuzas

are now also involved

in legal activities.

It has become more and more common

in our milieu.

Despite this, we are still living

in a parallel world,

a world of shadows.

And that world...

is still run by its own laws.

Even if national laws are getting

stricter and stricter,

the rules of our society

still exist.

There is an official society,

and then, there's a line.

From the start of this film,

we agreed

that we wouldn't show or mention

what happens

on the other side of that line.

I wish to begin the year

with a few words.

Year 18 of the Heisei era

begins today.

The situation is not good

and we have to admit

that things are getting

harder every year.

But we, the members of

the Kumagai-gumi clan

are convinced that

united we stand.

We will all give our

very best.

We rely on your advice

and your encouragement.

To finish up, let me wish you

the very best for the New Year.

January 1st,

year 18 of the Heisei clan.

New Year's greetings.

Chiyozo Ishii.

We rely on your goodness.

I'm counting on all of you

to take care of your health

and to do your best.

Come here!

From Aniki.

I'm counting on you.

Now the service men.

Thank you.

Excuse the interruption.

Outlook average

You're not eating

my New Year dishes?

- Pass the meat.

- You eat meat all year!

Eat the sweet beans instead.

So?

- So?

- What?

- Are you happy with your life?

- Pfff.

"Pfff"?

- Nothing new.

- What do you do all day?

Housework.

What do you mean, housework?

Where do you clean?

What a question!

Where do you think?

You never cleaned here!

Well sometimes, at night.

I have no choice.

Are you any good?

I do the shopping.

I buy the food...

for the meals.

You cook?

What do you cook?

I don't do the main course.

I couldn't.

You've never cooked,

except for frying a few vegetables...

I cut my finger,

the other day.

- How?

- Cutting leeks.

- Can you do that?

- No.

To the right, the one with the gun.

- The old bald guy?

- That's me.

Shhh, be quiet!

How cool!

- You really like Sho Aikawa?

- I love him.

- Really?

- I'm crazy about him.

- I prefer Riki Takeuchi.

- Oh no!

In yakuza movies,

there are never any office scenes.

Just one, in general.

What's a scene?

It's too hard to explain.

You know, there's often a scene

with someone who visits the boss.

But we don't see the yakuzas'

daily life.

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