Gangster daughter sheds light on Japan underworld

By Tom | September 7, 2007

Shoko Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison and her family fell into terrible debt. Bullied by classmates who called her “the yakuza girl,” and terrorized at home by a father who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. A regular visitor to nightclubs at the age of 12, she soon became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. By the age of 15 she was sentenced to eight months in a detention centre. Written with warmth and candour, this is a riveting account of a life in the unique criminal world of the Yakuza, of discrimination and rebellion, drug addiction, despair and finally redemption.

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