From Yakuza Gangster to Politician
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- As a Japanese of North Korean descent, Magomi Hashimoto or Honchi Kim was initiated into the world of the Yakuza as a child. His mother married six times, out of which five of them were Yakuza. Magomi has been in and out of prison as a Yakuza but has now decided to take a different path to run for office and fight for the rights of ethnic Koreans like him. He takes VICE World News inside his world of business, politics and online UA-cam fame.
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The transition for gangster to politician is almost seamless.
Almost like he’s doing the exact same things he used to do. Hmmm…. 🤔
Meanwhile, the US has the middle class paying all of the taxes, while the rich exploit countless loopholes and use write-offs to bring their taxable income down to zero while making millions a year in equity... Hope you all are doing well right now, headed into the recession. More inflation & Fed rate hikes to come...
@@compoundalchemistget1monan591 government spending and printing money is why we’re here. $200 trillion total debt currently. Don’t hate the player hate the game.
Flawless victory
The Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel heads are having talks while you are reading this about their growth in Australia and in Asia. Exterminating The Yakuza presence and their activities in the country would be considerably profitable for the Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel. The goal is to initiate their expansion over the Yakuza in Australia and to push it as far as in Japan. According to their plans, they are and will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by the end of 2023. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what members having close ties with Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some members of the Hells Angels and of the Sinaloa Cartel had already start moving to Australia. The mens had been told to get the job done by any means, even by mass killing if needed. If you are directly involved let your comrades know so you can be prepared for what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and your fall!!
Its funny how the more he describes what he does now, instead of being a yakuza, the more it sounds like he's.. a yakuza. :D
Lol right
a gangster that pays taxes is no gangster but a businessman, welcome to the world
You ain't lying
this is what real OG vice does..... enjiy yungg zoomer
@@juicedk00laid44 his magazine is just extortion with extra steps
"If you pay [me] an advertisement fee, all trouble can be avoided" ...hmmm, that sounds eerily familiar to another system I know LOL
Yeah. Can't quite put my finger on it.
I’m not gonna lie, what he does now sounds a lot like what he used to do 😭
He mentioned it does. His advertising business is a protection racket. All major politicians are linked to syndicates, conmen and every other type from dark fairytales.
We meet again
True
tryna be my baby momma??
damn you are everywhere
The inherent dream of every gangster.
From illigal gangster and crimes to legal gangster and crimes.
It’s not a crime if you change the law and make it legal
Literally the plot of The Godfather 🤔
The organization of Yakuza itself isn’t even illegal in Japan.
Meanwhile, the US has the middle class paying all of the taxes, while the rich exploit countless loopholes and use write-offs to bring their taxable income down to zero while making millions a year in equity... Hope you all are doing well right now, headed into the recession. More inflation & Fed rate hikes to come...
The Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel heads are having talks while you are reading this about their growth in Australia and in Asia. Exterminating The Yakuza presence and their activities in the country would be considerably profitable for the Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel. The goal is to initiate their expansion over the Yakuza in Australia and to push it as far as in Japan. According to their plans, they are and will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by the end of 2023. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what members having close ties with Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some members of the Hells Angels and of the Sinaloa Cartel had already start moving to Australia. The mens had been told to get the job done by any means, even by mass killing if needed. If you are directly involved let your comrades know so you can be prepared for what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and your fall!!
he’s still a yakuza
日本人から見ても余裕で現役の反社
表で悪い事をしなくなっただけ
Spoken like a true politician. Tell the public what they want to hear. Yet keep your ties and alliances to the underworld. Politicians and gangsters have always had an alliance. Its a thin line
You saw that alliance at work in Los Angeles where the LAPD let the Mexican street gangs protect some areas from BLM during the riots.
No
That's a matter of perception I'm sorry to say. There are exceptions of course. But otherwise, just how much is an alliance, or just keeping yet another potentially useful pawn to politicians, or is it merely as was meant in that politicians do genuinely want all to get along, but there's still mountains to build them climb 1st. I personally think it's a mix of the two, so long as the gangsters don't publicly acknowledge the political party/parties and jeopardize their appearance?!
Meanwhile, the US has the middle class paying all of the taxes, while the rich exploit countless loopholes and use write-offs to bring their taxable income down to zero while making millions a year in equity... Hope you all are doing well right now, headed into the recession. More inflation & Fed rate hikes to come...
The Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel heads are having talks while you are reading this about their growth in Australia and in Asia. Exterminating The Yakuza presence and their activities in the country would be considerably profitable for the Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel. The goal is to initiate their expansion over the Yakuza in Australia and to push it as far as in Japan. According to their plans, they are and will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by the end of 2023. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what members having close ties with Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some members of the Hells Angels and of the Sinaloa Cartel had already start moving to Australia. The mens had been told to get the job done by any means, even by mass killing if needed. If you are directly involved let your comrades know so you can be prepared for what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and your fall!!
The fact he went from a video game character to a walking and breathing human is impressive alone
That finger trick in the beginning was lowkey funny asf 😂
My man really started his own yakuza in the heart of weeb heaven
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@@brayden7574 my reaction exactly
He probably still works for them, but as a legal political front. It's what the Mafia began to do as the US cracked down on them. He wouldn't be trying to set up protections in akihabara if this wasn't the case
The Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel heads are having talks while you are reading this about their growth in Australia and in Asia. Exterminating The Yakuza presence and their activities in the country would be considerably profitable for the Hells Angels, the Comanchero motorcycle club and the Aussie Cartel. The goal is to initiate their expansion over the Yakuza in Australia and to push it as far as in Japan. According to their plans, they are and will be supported by the Sinaloa Cartel for a part of the gains obtained and it would be done by the end of 2023. They told their mens to prioritize the capture, mostly for torture and interrogation before killing and for selling but to kill right away if they can not capture. This is what members having close ties with Hells Angels chapter leaders are talking about. Some members of the Hells Angels and of the Sinaloa Cartel had already start moving to Australia. The mens had been told to get the job done by any means, even by mass killing if needed. If you are directly involved let your comrades know so you can be prepared for what is happening before it is too late to prevent the bloodbath and your fall!!?
@@fvoarin1307basically what the Italian mafia did in America. The Yakuza did the same thing, just became politicians
His mom made him that way.. Imagine dating 5 Yakuza guys in his lifetime? Of course, he gotta imitate it.. Same way with gangs in America, they will adapt what environment they have.
Alot of people don't understand that the Japanese government has had several things historically set up to support oppression and discrimination of Koreans people in Japan or Korean Japanese people, which has lead to many of them becoming criminals including being Yakuza. Most people clicked this to learn about Yakuza but the Korea/Japanese conflicts undertones addressed in this videos need it's own video on here.
Totally believe you as this sounds true, any examples to point out to help inform me more?
@@jakelangevin301 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan#Integration_into_Japanese_society
ua-cam.com/video/biZXjIxtR7I/v-deo.html
Not saying Wikipedia is the best source of Information but you can read parts of this or look up more about the "Zainichi" people. Korea has historically been looked down on by many Japanese people as less civilized and less intelligent for multiple reasons, which probably started when Japan colonized them and tried to wipe alot of their culture away. There's a large mixture of Japanese who believe that Korea is lying about all the negative things the Japanese army did to them in the past or they believe Japan did more good than harm.
Many of the Japanese feel like Koreans have depended on Japan too much and are trying to bring down Japan and leech off them, so this has caused many Japanese people to be anti korean, mostly due to influence of whats taught in Schools, Family and the Media. You can use google translate and look up "Country K" in Japanese and you will see some Anti Korean videos with hundreds of thousand of views or you can find other anti korean videos with millions of views on the japanese side of youtube. The right wing Japanese groups tend to be really Anti Korean and at least some right wing groups have had support by a certain amount of high ranking Japanese people. Both Korea and Japan has alot of people who talk bad about each other, but K pop really boosted the image up of Koreans to many young japanese even though the Japanese who like it still may not like Koreans living in Japan especially not in Large numbers.
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Exactly! Why people seem too not know this is odd too me
@@jakelangevin301 source?
I have respect for admiting you're a criminal when entering politics instead of claiming to make changes and working for us only to find out later what you are.
Watching vice makes me feel like I'm doing something sophisticated or my life is okay or something
Because you are… you’re learning about new and current information. You are doing something more sophisticated than most people scrolling tik tok all day
@@ghastlytree5864 so you understand? I'm glad somebody else does. It's a cozy feeling
You are... learning about things that are beyond your everyday for the pure reason of aquiring knowledge or understanding is sophisticated
Why do you feel like your life isn't okay?
That's a very relatable statement, watching vice makes me feel the same way... Like my life is okay. I still have all my fingers after all but I will never be a politician.
I believe his "fee/protection fee" is Yakuza and not disguised very well.
he is still living the yakuza life basically
Well politicians are legal gangsters.
That magazine fee is the new mob money protection plan lmao
His "free magazine" is basically just extortion with extra steps!!
The prosthetic pinky trick was actually pretty funny in my opinion.
Timestamp?
1:00
@@dreammeme1658 thanks. I wonder if one of these Yakuza guys have used fake prosthetic hands when they have to lose a finger. That would be hilarious.
@@mrt445 more common than you think
@@dreammeme1658 ...but do they get caught? I'd like to hear a story about that if it's true because I'm not losing even a strain of hair for anyone.
I wonder why he had the black eye and busted lip. Seems like he can't escape the life even though he is no longer Yakuza.
They send people to beat you up… plus he could have many haters..
I doubt he's left. He's probably still a member, but a public front. Mafia did the same in the past
He may not be a a part of a Yakuza clan. But he still practices as a Yakuza. He makes club pay for protection money. What he dubbed ''advertisement'', he has his own people who come and go wherever he goes.
Also, he has bruises which I'm curious where he got those from.
In short. He quit a Yakuza family to start his own, as a business man and politician.
Honestly, a thin line separates the two
Politics is polite racketeering in a suit
I was born in Korea. Just did my DNA and found out my Grandmother is half Japanese either from the occupation or the war.
そのフリーペーパーは「おしぼり」と何が違うんですか？
メイドカフェ✖
ガールズバー〇
近くに上野も御徒町もあるんだから他の歓楽街でやってくれって思うわ本当に邪魔
ここに書くことじゃないんだろうけど。
VICE BEING VICE OF OLD 💯THIS IS WHAT THE PLATFORM AND CHANNEL WAS BUILT ON✌🏿❤🇨🇦
Does it seem strange to anyone else that apparently there’s at least one North Korean school in Japan that idolizes the Kim family? Like, why would Japan permit a school that idolizes an aggressor nation?
It show's their confidence and allowing dissenting opinions (to a point) can be leveraged and morphed into 'they're tolerant/not THAT bad/understanding'
really reinforcing the strength of their ideals/system.... Even totalitarian regimes can use this tactic to seem tolerant and open, though they never reach tipping points.
Bc freedom.
I mean japan back then is also isolationist, i think they understand
差別ではなく それがあなたへの評価です。
this guy set up a racketeering scheme and started a magazine to launder the profits and now he gets to be a politician
ただの半グレに成り下がっただけやん
This has to be how the story of Seongjun of Viral Hit ended irl. I refuse to believe otherwise.
*pulls off pinky*
"Taaaadaaaa"
💀
…what? this dude is obviously just running his own yakuza subsidiary with a protection racket, and flexed it on camera lmaooo
i say subsidiary because i think he gets slapped around by higher ranking members of whatever family he’s working for now. this is surreal to the point where it almost seems a bit…staged?
You can find the same in a lot of the self-proclaimed gangster celebrities in the West. Including internet darling Michael Franzese, who always comes up with new stories with new details, and whose comments seem to always follow popular opinion...
This guys gangster ideals are the same as when he was18 just painted in a more flattering way
is it just me or doesn't this still sound like extortion?
What he wanted to do after prison was to pay taxes🤣🤣😂😂😂 This was so bad that it's actually good.
He's going around and collecting protection money on camera. O.o
YEAH BRO WTFFF HAHAHAH XD
If hes been in and out of prison how can he run for let alone hold office in this country a dui disqualifies you from most political standings
he's probably like the independent parties in the US , they'll never win but they can bring topics forward
Vice never disappoint.
No sir, if you have been around long enough they’re good at disappointing too
@@eryclk this
@@eryclk I was about to say….
Though it’s awesome it seems like this past year they’ve gotten noticeably better.
Although maybe it was that I just stopped watching when they produced shows like “let’s watch ancient aliens with stoned musicians” with Tim n Eric editing!
Mind you, it sounds like a fun idea but when they started off with finding a North Korean lumber company in Russia, having their journalists cover protests from the beginning and sticking around when war broke out, get kidnapped and interrogated, spend time bringing attention to possible cures for cancer in the Amazon doing that stuff was just so off putting.
Also originally it trying to make an effort not to be politically bias to mimicking major media outlets “interview” styles, it was a massive let down.
Vice hitting big, just as media organizations were getting their info from SMS ( Facebook’s boom in 08~12) they set the bar so high, as even though people would label it as a political organization, a lot of the journalists intentionally stayed away from that, covering stories and focusing on the people.
For the past 20 years, more and more seemed to desire a genuine global news outlet as even though the bias really started after the Vietnam war it got even worse. It hurt to see that something with so much momentum having to fold and get into fictional/created entertainment, just as if Vice couldn’t do it, what chances are there for others ~
Awesome how Vice just keeps comming up with these awesome videos!!
So...
an ex Japanese Yakuza member...
now runs girls in Akhibara...
and is now a Korean Yakuza Boss...
AND wants to be voted into political office....
Sure, why not. What could possibly go wrong? 🤣
Grandma, why were you hiding your OG roots from me this whole time?!
And we are just supposed to believe that the yakuza is just going to let this guy walk away?! I mean am I fucken missing something?!
They aren't like in the movies, why would they bother getting arrested
I don't know much about the yakuza but he said his boss died while in prison and when he got out other yakuza clans were trying to get him to join. I feel like the idea of changing gangs is extremely difficult to grasp in American culture. Here it's till death do us part, over there it seems till my boss croaks.
His boss died, and his family basically disbanded. He didn't have to leave because it was already gone.
average background of an Indian political aspirant :
21:46 偏見があるのは当たり前だろ。笑
ヤクザにまともな奴がどれほどいるってんだよ
Gotta love Japan, From Gangster Politics to Civilian Politics. I wonder if there is much difference between the two. Probably not being that there is corruption in both lol.
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If there is a problem in his area, and you have paid your "fee" to his magazine, he will go and fix the problem... Guess he went from Yakuza to politician go gangster... Or as you say, same same... As he says his services are the same the Yakuza used to offer.
Vice had a documentary years back about young girls advertising for various stuff in the streets. You can pay them for services, like a chat or a walk. These girls look like them. What it actually is, is a front for prostetution and many girls are under the age of 18.
This is just absurd.
@@larsbundgaard5462 Sounds like he sorta made his own ethnic Korean gang where he's the main guy... He probably doesn't wanna be violent about it in the same way they did it in his Yakuza days, but either way it does have a very "gang" vibe to it.. Not to mention he's clearly in control of porn production and prostitution in a country where both of those things are very much taboo.. I dont have a problem with prostitution or porn.. but as you said, it appears to be the shady kind.
@@larsbundgaard5462 I agree. It's being a Yakuza again under a different name lol.
@@larsbundgaard5462The AV biz in Japan is huge, common and is even regarded as very legal. You can see many Japanese girls in unique yetweird maid costume in the street easily and was surprised that the prosti tution between old guys and young Japanese girls was kinda normal. In that kind of society, he seems to have lived at least straight as a citizen following the rules and paying taxes well enduring his deep discrimination from the society just because one of his parent isn't Japanese. I heard very cruel total Japanese yakuza clan and wanna know the real story of them but i guess even Vice won't be able to cover the real face of Japanese yakuza either because they don't want to reveal themselves.
I once asked a korean guy if he was japanese. That did not go over well.
He is still getting protection money.. Old habits die hard
6:01 what a nice way of saying, you have to pay me protection fee, orelse...
Most polite extortionist ever.
Very high quality Vice seem to get back on its root for a while
from gangsta to real gangsta.
Nah nah illegal gangsta to legal gangsta 💀
Wait this guy is still collecting "protection money" from people.. i guess old habits die hard
Bruh imagine if your choices when you vote for local office were between a corporate overlord and the felonious porn lord.
dude is absolutely dripped out tho
Corruption 101 lmao dudes an organized gangster
広告料って名目でカスリとってるだけじゃん
The only difference in gangsters and politicians is what type of clothes they were
This is that real vice 👌
Incredible journalism
"because of the implication..."
"The Showa era was naughty, chaotic, and violent."
Naughty?
This is like that Yakuza video game for Playstation.
Brah why ain't Labour publishing magazines filled with that sort of content. I guarantee a landslide majority. Wow.
"A Bigger & Legal Gangster".. Got It 😒
Now these dudes are real gangsters period you wouldn’t want to cross them or owe them anything
Yakuza's are so adaptable they even becoming UA-camrs now 😂
Искала этот комментарий)))
Nah...I'm still voting for Godzilla.
I feel like VICE is giving this guy an advertisement for his underage underground market
This was posted before,wasn’t it?
ONLY GANGSTER KNOWS THAT 3 DOTS MARK OR TATTOO ON HIS RIGHT ARM 5:57 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Is nobody gonna comment about his maid cafes?
This bloke seems alright, might make a good politician but am I the only one thinking that his legal business seems alot like a yakuza style protection racket?
What's the difference between a politician and a gangster anyways?
Great vid vice! Never disappointed :)
Is it just me or is he still being gangster? Pay an advertising fee & you get protection! WTF thats gangster!!!
This video just litterally sealed his fate. The most quintessential element of Japanese culture is mitigating risk. He has a UA-cam channel where he is in contact with other former Boryokudan. It's as simple as six degrees of separation. Yes, racism exists for Koreans in Japan, no one who lives here can deny it. But to have a chance, he would need to be like a wax sculpture in order to win favour. He's out of his depth. Why do I feel like he used Vice as a way to get attention for his small businesses, and his youtube channel. That seems more likely of all of this.
hahah he going be d%e soon bay the Yakuza there sill run japen
n shutup
just like racism in Korea against Japnaese, thats how it is...
А ссылка на его канал есть?
Respect the guy the past traumas and difficulties he faced made him the person he is today 👌
Lol this dude is Yakuza without the title. He runs a protection racket and his free magazine is rife with ads for escorts so he is in the human trafficking game as well.
Bro what the f@ck are you even saying? 😭😭😭
It feels like this man somehow blackmailed Vice into making a video about him
Swear I saw this guy on Fallout 4...
But change my mind a normal house in America is more likely to shoot someone than yakuza.
Im a brazilian fan, very nice content, i love watch vice videos.. make me feel in another world
裏の反社から表の反社になりたいって事ですね。
am I trippen or did I miss the reason why he was all beat up ?
I thought I have seen this interview already 🤯
That little poodle is extremely cute
vice please bring something from countrys what not yet seen on ur channel maybe suriname
Japan like other Countries have crooked politicians, Yakuza might have gone from public view but they are intertwined with business/politics.
Gangster....politician....is there really a difference ?
Isn't that every politician ever?
Korean has no chance to ever be elected politician in Japan imo.
So from gangster to legal gangster
a man who admits his past to create a better future, why this seems to correlate with a certain scarred sword wielding assassin
Surprise: all politicians are gangsters
If he has the money to run for office maybe he isnt an ex yakuza after all
2:43 THE TRUTH!! I like this guy!
Hmm, people not having voting rights seems wrong indeed
So, he didn't change careers? I don't get it