What do you actually know about the Yakuza, beyond the movies?
Can you define the word «mafia» without using the word «crime»?
Why would a criminal organisation allow a photographer inside?
What does a tattoo communicate that words cannot?
Italy has one. Japan has one. Which other countries have one, and why does that pattern exist?
For our Watch & Talk sessions, this video sparks discussion around organised crime and society, visual identity and power, cross-cultural perceptions of the mafia, and the ethics of documentary access.
Turns out the Japanese underworld has a lot to say about business English too.
Watch the video here (but it’s always more interesting to talk about it 😉):
