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The only business seminar where 'corporate restructuring' might involve actual cement shoes.

The Successful Businessmen Handbook III: Economic Tactics You Can Learn from the Yakuza (2007)

corporate satireyakuza TED Talkunhinged educational

Overview

Sometimes, yakuza must face shrewd civilians even more cunning than themselves, armed only with ethics. What are the 'negotiation tactics' you can learn from yakuza beyond fights and threats!? The unparalleled negotiation skills of the yakuza, refined to perfection, are now revealed!!

Flag of JPJPJapanese
yakuza

Standout Aspects

Acting

Hitoshi Ozawa's deadpan narrator committing fully to the bit.

Direction

Yamamura treating yakuza wisdom like legitimate McKinsey consulting.

Best for:Solo: 3am existential crisis about your LinkedIn profile.·Friends: Irony-poisoned friend group who quote things ironically.·Background: Playing during your actual corporate Zoom meetings.
Heads up:Violence: Staged yakuza violence presented as business case studies.
A

Director

Atsushi Yamamura

ReleasedNov 7, 2007
Runtime1h 17m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium

Top Cast

Hitoshi Ozawa

Hitoshi Ozawa

The Navigator

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Patriarch T.

Manzo Shinra

Manzo Shinra

Company President

Kazuyoshi Ozawa

Kazuyoshi Ozawa

Patriarch S.

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hospital Director

Yasukaze Motomiya

Yasukaze Motomiya

Chairman M.

Shirô Namiki

Shirô Namiki

Executive director of a major company

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi

Editor-in-chief

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of a bizarre 2000s Japanese direct-to-video trend where yakuza films rebranded as business self-help, reflecting post-bubble economic anxiety.

Trivia

Director Atsushi Yamamura allegedly made this between actual corporate training gigs—explaining why the 'educational' framing feels uncomfortably authentic.

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