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unusual facts about ''Yakuza'' series



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As of 2009, two seasons have been produced, with co-creator Hagai Levi working on a spin-off program in a format similar to the Up series.

Body kit

Games include Need for Speed: Underground (2003), Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 (2003), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), Ridge Racer 7 (2006), Juiced series (2005), The Fast And The Furious Tokyo Drift (2007), MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (2009)

Brian Tee

In James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013), starring Hugh Jackman, Tee played Noburo Mori, a minister of justice arranged to marry the daughter of Yakuza Boss Shingen Yashida (Hiroyuki Sanada).

Bryan Brown

He is best known to American television audiences for his Golden Globe and Emmy nominated role as Luke O'Neil in The Thorn Birds (1983), starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, whom he later married.

Four Swords

Four Swords can refer to one of a number of video games in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.

G.V. Series

At the same time in West Africa (what became Nigeria and Ghana, specifically) EMI was recording and releasing Sakara, Juju and Apala music on 78rpm discs in the Parlophone B, HMV JL, HMV JZ and Decca WA/GWA/NGA series (1947–52), as well as HMV owned local labels, such as Ghana's Taymani Special.

Harry Horse

He also wrote The Last... series, which included The Last Polar Bears, which was made into a 30-minute cartoon for CITV, and The Last Castaways, which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize.

Honor Bound

Honor Bound series, a series of World War II thriller novels written by W.E.B. Griffin

Hunters of Dune

Hunters of Dune is the first of two books written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson to conclude Frank Herbert's original Dune series of novels.

Iona Morris

Her voice work also includes: Medusa in The Fantastic Four series, Claudia Grant in Robotech and Nia/Betty in the short lived Phantom 2040.

Jiro Watanabe

After being released in 2004, he was arrested for blackmail along with Kenji Haga, ex-actor, and a yakuza of Yamaguchigumi, on 30 June 2007.

Joe vs. Joe

She fell in love with Joe Yuuki when he saved her from a group of Yakuza.

Johnny Mnemonic

Ralfi reveals that the data was, unknown to him at the time, stolen from the Yakuza, who are very interested in ensuring it is not revealed.

Keishu Tanaka

On October 11, 2012 the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho reported that 30 years ago Tanaka had connections to a group affiliated to the Inagawa-kai yakuza syndicate, that he had made an appearance and made a speech at a party hosted by a yakuza boss, and that he had also acted as a matchmaker for an executive member of the group.

Kichitaro Negishi

Despite his success in the late 1980s, Negishi worked only sparingly for the next 15 years: a 1992 film based on the manga series Kachō Kōsaku Shima, the short feature Chibusa about a man (Kaoru Kobayashi) caring for his leukemia-stricken wife, and Kizuna (1998), a thriller about a former yakuza with Kōji Yakusho and Ken Watanabe.

Lady Jaye

In the Transformers series, a character named Marissa Faireborn was featured, and Faireborn happened to be the surname of Flint's real civilian name.

Les fils du vent

Their contact to the Yakuza is Kitano (Santi Sudaros), the Japanese son-in-law of Triad boss Wong (Burt Kwouk).

Lockheed bribery scandals

The scandal involved the Marubeni Corporation and several high-ranking members of Japanese political, business and underworld circles, including Finance Minister Eisaku Sato and the JASDF Chief of Staff Minoru Genda.

Manabu Miyazaki

As a teenager and college student, Miyazaki became involved in the left-wing politics of the Japanese Communist Party but dropped out in 1969 to pursue an underworld life, including running his family's yakuza-connected demolition business.

Mary Pope Osborne

She is best known for her award-winning and bestselling Magic Tree House series, which has been translated into over 30 languages and sold over 100 million copies worldwide.

Mega Man

Although the classic series has yet to reach an ending, the storyline shifts to the Mega Man X series, followed by the Mega Man Zero series, Mega Man ZX and Mega Man Legends.

Metreon

The Metreon was also home to the Walk of Game, which is loosely based on the Walk of Fame — honorees include Shigeru Miyamoto, Nolan Bushnell, StarCraft, Sid Meier, John D. Carmack, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Link from The Legend of Zelda series.

Night Rocker

On the album cover, David poses on top of the hood of a black third-generation Pontiac Firebird (the same car used as KITT in the original Knight Rider series in which Hasselhoff starred) and holds a black and white Aria Pro II ZZ.

Nightrunner

the Nightrunner series, a multi-part fantasy series written by Lynn Flewelling

Omen IV: The Awakening

Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 made-for-television film that serves as the fourth and final addition to the original The Omen series, directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard.

Omuta

Ōmuta murders, a series of murders committed by the Kitamura-gumi yakuza family in Japan

Parker Goris

Parker Goris (born January 16th 1995) is a child actor who is the voice of Flounder in Walt Disney's direct-to-video animated film The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning and the Kingdom Hearts series.

R.O.B.

R.O.B. has appeared as a cameo character in various video games, such as StarTropics, Kirby's Dream Land 3, the Star Fox series, the WarioWare series, the F-Zero series, Viewtiful Joe, and his head appears in Pikmin 2, called the 'Remembered Old Buddy'.

Reto-Moto

The Reto-Moto development team was originally founded by members of Zyrinx and Lemon in 1998 and was responsible for the creation of IO Interactive and the Hitman series of video games.

Roger Hargreaves

In 1981 the Little Miss series of books was launched, and in 1983 it also was made into a television series, narrated by Pauline Collins, and her husband John Alderton.

Charles Roger Hargreaves (9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children's books, best remembered for the Mr. Men and Little Miss series, intended for very young readers.

Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series

No singles were released from the album, though some editions include Walker's top-twenty single; "Lights of Cincinnati".

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

It is the fourth and final release in the Super Mario Advance series, and was first revealed at Nintendo's conference at the E3 2003 convention, containing several enhancements, including the addition of Mario and Luigi's voices by Charles Martinet, the ability to scan e-Cards into Nintendo's e-Reader to add certain content, and a multiplayer mode based on the original arcade game Mario Bros.

The Last Castaways

The Last Castaways is a children's book in The Last... series by Harry Horse, published in 2003.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, Skyward Sword is the fastest selling title in the Legend of Zelda series.

The Monster with 21 Faces

Tokyo Metropolitan Police at first identified Manabu Miyazaki, a known yakuza, as the Fox-Eyed Man and the Videotaped Man because of his resemblance to these suspect, but after his alibis were checked, he was cleared of the Glico-Morinaga crimes.

The Positronic Man

In The Positronic Man, the trends of fictional robotics in Asimov's Robot series (as outlined in the book I, Robot) are detailed as background events, with an indication that they are influenced by Andrew's story.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a companion novella to the Twilight series by author Stephenie Meyer.

The Transformed Man

It was released in 1968, while Shatner was still starring in the original Star Trek series, and began his musical career.

Tommy Vercetti

Tommy is the first playable protagonist in the Grand Theft Auto series that has a proper voice actor, with full dialogue.

Thomas "Tommy" Vercetti is the main protagonist and playable character in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, a game in the Grand Theft Auto series.

Unearthed Films

Unearthed has imported, amongst others, Rubber's Lover, Pinocchio 964, Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre, Aftermath, City of Rott, ICHI-1, Bone Sickness, Frankenhooker, Philosophy of a Knife and its sequel, Dead Fury, Flexing with Monty, Junk and the Guinea Pig series.

Wendy Christensen

Wendy Christensen is a fictional character in the Final Destination series, portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

William F. Wu

He has written novels using the Three Laws of Robotics invented by Isaac Asimov, including two entries in the Robot City series and the entire Robots in Time series.

William Winwood Reade

This concept is elaborated somewhat in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, where "psychohistory" is used to predict and manipulate social and political developments.


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