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Odo Yakuza Tokyo
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Title
Odo Yakuza Tokyo / [Anton Kusters].
ISBN
9789412700012
9412700016
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
[Hasselt, Belgium] : ZABROZAS*, 2011.
Physical Description
212 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Leclair iPL 64: Paperbound. From the Indie Photobook Library/Larissa Leclair Collection.
Summary
"Odo Yakuza Tokyo' is an intimate personal account of a Belgian photographer documenting the inaccessible subculture of Japanese organized crime: the Yakuza. Anton Kusters teams up with his brother Malik and documents the inside of the Shinseikai family, who control Kabukicho, the infamous red light district, in the heart of Tokyo. From funerals to covert training camps, business meetings to full on tattoo displays, the modern day enigma that is "Yakuza" in Japan is shown. The feeling of subtlety and massive underlying tension is present thoughout the images, constantly reminding us that this world we live in is not black verses white, not good versus evil ..."--Cover flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 30, 2017
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Pictorial works.
Photobooks.
Also listed under
Indie Photobook Library/Larissa Leclair Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Belgium Hasselt.
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