When you think of Japanese gangsters, you think of the Yamaguchi group. As the largest violent group in Japan (Japan calls the underworld a violent group), one of the most historical and large-scale gangs in East Asia and even in the world, the Yamaguchi group is famous. The man who looks very similar to Du Yuesheng that Brother Feng talked to you about today is the leader of the three generations of the Yamaguchi group and the strongest Japanese underworld king: Kazuo Taoka.
Founded in Kobe City in 1915, the Yamaguchi Group was founded by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi, the leader and founder of the original group, a fisherman-turned-rogue who set up the Yamaguchi Group with 50 dock stevedores, mainly engaged in the gambling industry, and was a small local organization that was not well known in Japan.
In 1925, Haruyoshi Yamaguchi retired and was succeeded by his eldest son, Noboru Yamaguchi, as the head of the second generation. During Yamaguchi's reign, the Yamaguchi group was neither large nor famous.
The yamaguchi group that really made the Yamaguchi group the first underworld organization in Japan was Kazuo Meidaoka, the third generation of the Yamaguchi group known as the "underworld demon king".
Kazuo Taoka's face is very fierce, and he is not a good person at first glance. The photos of his later years have thick eyebrows, long faces, and wooden ne, which are very similar to Du Yuesheng. Of course, his personality pattern, career status and the leader of the Green Gang Du Yuesheng cannot be compared, he is just a rogue leader who has been fighting from the bottom.
Kazuo Taoka, a cadre of the Yamaguchi group, married Yamaguchi Fumiko, the daughter of Noboru Yamaguchi, and in 1946 became the third generation leader. The picture shows Kazuo Taoka's family photo.
Kazuo Taoka did not simply rely on the old man to ascend to the throne, he was fierce and fierce, the trick in martial arts was to goug out the eyes, and he had dug out the eyeballs of his opponents with his bare hands many times, and had a nickname called "Bear Man". At that time, his prestige was so great that many opponents were overwhelmed, and countless shops obediently paid protection fees.
After the war, Japan's materials were poor and the order was chaotic, and Kazuo Taoka relied on his fierce style of daring to fight and kill, and gradually won the yamaguchi group a huge reputation in the struggle against the Taiwan gang and the Korean gang, and there was a saying among the unemployed displaced people: "Go to the Yamaguchi group, there is rice to eat there!" Even the police envied yamaguchi's financial resources.
Kazuo Taoka is not just a brave and fierce hooligan, he is still very economically minded, after taking office, he has opened a wide range of financial resources, opened a racecourse, a rowing track, a Turkish bath, and most importantly, he has entered the show business circle strongly, supporting countless stars. The picture shows Kazuo Taoka kissing a Japanese comedy star at the time.
In 1958, Kazuo Taoka established the Kobe Performing Arts Company and became its president. In April of the same year, Kobe Performing Arts recruited Japan's most popular actress, Miku Skylark, and became its exclusive artist. The picture shows Kazuo Taoka and Miku Skylark.
Miku Skylark was a big star in Japan in the 1950s, a national treasure singer. Much of her success is due to the long-term patronage of Kazuo Yamaguchi, the underworld boss behind her, Kazuo Yamaguchi.
Ken Takakura, the Japanese male star most familiar and loved by Chinese audiences. When he was young, he was the male number one in Japanese renxia films, and starred in countless Japanese martial arts movies.
Ken Takakura was also strongly supported by Kazuo Taoka. When he married Emi Eritoshi, Miku Skylark's girlfriend, Kazuo Taoka congratulated him. In addition to Kazuo Taoka, Ken Takakura also had good personal relations with many cadres of the Yamaguchi group. The picture shows Kazuo Taoka visiting Ken Takakura.
In 1973, Ken Takakura successfully starred in Kazuo Taoka's autobiographical film "Yamaguchi Group Sanshirome", which was a sensation and brought his and Taoka's prestige to the extreme. Ken Takakura said in an interview: "He (Kazuo Taoka) has a very clear personality, no matter what kind of adversity he is in, he will not give up and rise up again." I understand his feeling of 'eating one more bowl of rice than others'. ”
On July 23, 1981, Kazuo Taoka died of a myocardial infarction. At the time of his death, Yamaguchi formed Japan's first gang with more than 10,000 members, covering Osaka, Kyoto Prefecture, and 33 prefectures in the Kansai region, and also had many overseas territories, becoming the world's most famous underworld organization.