A Yakuza Finds His God
An interview with a minister of a small church in Chiba, Japan. Mr. Suzuki is tattood, pinkyless, and basking in the glow of God’s love. Because ‘Jesus loves him for who he is’; an ex-member of the feared Japanese mafia – the Yakuza.
See the video interview here and read the article by Captain Japan – From Crime to Christ: Former Yakuza Sees the Light.
Watch in stand-alone page with 720×430 video; W A T C H – B I G G E R !
Originally released in 2004.
Vidicle: A Publisher in the Shadows
Something I just started working on. I call them ‘Vidicles’; video previews of written articles.
Since the YouTube ‘revolution’ has expanded the definition of ‘online video’ – (talking heads pointlessly babbling in front of a camera? This is entertainment?) I thought; ‘why not make videos of someone reading well written, captivating articles’? In this case, that ‘someone’ is my computer, and the ‘well written article’ is from Captain Japan.
Watch this vidicle preview of his recent article: A Publisher in the Shadows:
Hiroharu Kimura dresses in black: sport jacket, shoes, socks, slacks, and gold-rimmed sunglasses. Aside from his blue dress shirt, his attire follows the vampire bat trademark used for his sex-trade publication Manzoku, meaning satisfaction.
“Bats cannot see,” says the chairman of Creators Company Connection, reclining in the sofa of his office in Tokyo’s Okubo district, “but they have a special sense.”
Indeed, Kimura operates his business – printing magazines that cater to Japan’s sexual services and hostessing industries – by feel.. READ THE FULL STORY!
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