gangster-themed movies Now has become an important part of genre movies: " Young and Dangerous ", " Black Gold ", "Monka", " Lame Hao ", "The Godfather" all belong to this category The best in the subject film. The gangs that appear in these gangster films are mainly Xinyi An in Hong Kong, China, the Zhulian Gang in Taiwan, the Yamaguchi group in Japan, and the mafia in Western countries. In addition to Hollywood and , Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are the main origins of gangster movies. Many gangster films use Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and other places as the background of the story.
Japan, which is rich in gangster films, is also the only country in the world that allows the legal registration of gangster . In fact, some gangs that appear in movies and TV dramas have actually existed in history: from the ancient beggar gang, Cao gang , salt gang all the way to the Qinghong gang in modern Shanghai. It should be noted here that "gang" and "gang" are two related but not identical concepts: a gang is simply a faction of helping each other. Gangs can engage in legitimate business and possibly illegal activities. Simply put, gangs don't necessarily have to do bad things.
Beggar Gang is a mutual aid organization formed by a group of beggars in order to survive. Cao Gang is a trade union composed of practitioners who eat and transport rice. Yan Gang, as its name suggests, is composed of people who eat and sell rice. To put it bluntly, everyone is going to the rivers and lakes to survive. Therefore, the concept of "gang" itself is actually a neutral concept that has nothing to do with good and evil, and the concept of "gang" refers to gangs that engage in black and evil activities. Of course, the gang itself is made up of people who are struggling to make a living, so these people sometimes use some illegitimate means to make a living.
In such a context, some gang forces have emerged that are robbing families and oppressing good people. Over time, people tend to get used to equating the concepts of "gang" and "gang". The earliest reasons for the formation of Japanese gangs are similar to those of Chinese gangs: the Yamaguchi-gumi was originally a small group of transporters on the Kobe dock. These porters at the bottom of the society initially wanted to protect their own interests by holding a group to keep warm, but later, as their power became stronger and stronger, they began to bully the market. Coincidentally, the green gang in Shanghai in modern times was also originally composed of dock porters holding a group for warmth.
Gangs like this have probably existed in the history of China, Japan, and any other country. These organizations are neither chivalrous, virtuous, and virtuous, nor are they simply doing evil, but spontaneously organized for the sake of life. These organizations only seek to maximize their own interests, and do not care whether their actions are good or bad for others. Do good if you can benefit from doing good, and do bad if you can benefit from doing bad. But whether they did good deeds or bad deeds, the court at that time would be grumpy, because they were always an uncontrolled force independent of the court system at that time.
China, Japan or other countries have vigorously suppressed such organizations, but they have not been able to completely eradicate the breeding ground for such organizations. After the Meiji Restoration Japan is in a transitional stage of social change. During this period, a large number of samurai became ronin who lost their salary. Some of these ronin later became gangsters. The new government's gradual relaxation of new industries has provided a breeding ground for the development of such organizations. Gangs in Japan gradually grew: they not only entered the business world, but also began to infiltrate the political world. After the end of World War II , a large number of left-wing trade union organizations influenced by the communist trend emerged in Japan.
In 1971, the Japanese Red Army, a far-left organization opposed to the US military in Japan and the Japanese government, was established. The Japanese government, which regards left-wing organizations as monstrous beasts, secretly supported gang organizations to destroy left-wing rallies and strikes. Gang members took the opportunity to infiltrate the Japanese Police Corps, Japan Self-Defense Forces , and the Japanese government, thus becoming the next generation after the US military stationed in Japan, the Japanese government and the chaebol forces. Another major influence on Japan's political situation and society. The expansion of gang forces is due to the deliberate support of the Japanese governmentThis means that when the gang loses its use value, it will become the target of government suppression.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the drastic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe brought the left-wing movement around the world to a low ebb. After entering the 1990s, the left-wing movement in Japan also gradually declined. As Japanese society gradually got back on track, the government began to try to crack down on gangs. The large number of gang members involved in extortion, drug trafficking and prostitution activities aroused widespread opposition from all walks of life in Japan. The Japanese government has begun to consider restricting the development of gang organizations in a special form, but this restriction needs to comply with the freedom of association clause in the Japanese constitution . After compromise by all parties, the Japanese government promulgated the Law on Opposition to Violent Groups in 1992.
The Law on Opposing Gangs of Violence imposes various restrictions on the so-called special groups - gangs of violence: they cannot blackmail ordinary people, they cannot use violence to fight each other... If they violate the law, they must be the leader of the group where the offender belongs. Come forward to blame. On the surface, this does limit the development of the gang organization, but in fact it only sets a tone. With the promulgation of the Law of Opposing Gangs, many gangs and organizations began to turn to economic underworld. These gangs swindle and make money without breaking the law, so the Japanese people call the "violent group confrontation law" a talisman for the underworld.
Japanese people organized spontaneously to prevent the infiltration of the underworld in order to keep one party safe. As soon as it was discovered that there were underworld organizations going to rent a house in the local area, they rallied against it, and set up surveillance posts to monitor every move of the underworld. This grassroots movement became the beginning of what would become Japan's famous gang exclusion movement. Starting from , Hiroshima, , Fukuoka and other places where triad organizations are frequently active, the local government has formulated regulations based on public opinion to exclude triads from the life of ordinary citizens. Since then, Japan has continued to strengthen its crackdown on criminal gangs by further improving the judicial system.
In fact, it is hard to say whether the current Yamaguchi-gumi can still be characterized as a gangster organization. The Japanese government allows these gangs to freely register and register, but does not allow them to act arbitrarily. Although gang organizations still exist objectively in Japan today, the behavior of these gangs is governed by Japanese law. Gang associations will also be sanctioned by the Japanese government if they do anything that violates Japanese law. Of course, on the premise of not disturbing the local public order, the police will properly tolerate some gang activities and achieve a tacit understanding between black and white.
In the old Hong Kong movies of the 1970s and 1980s, you can often see various powerful gangs, but after the 1980s, Hong Kong's gangs gradually began to transform into various companies and enterprises. After entering the 1990s, with the approaching of Hong Kong's return to , the original powerful gangs finally disappeared. Those active gangs in Hong Kong in the past have long since disappeared, but it is said that several bigwigs in the Hong Kong film industry had gang backgrounds in their early years. In fact, most of the former gangs in Hong Kong have been transformed into legal enterprises.
Gangs in Japan have also gone through a process of corporateization similar to that of Hong Kong gangs for more than 20 years. Although today's Japanese gangs are still more or less secretly operating some gray businesses, more often they rely on operating legitimate industries to make profits. Today's Japanese gangs are basically corporate operating models, and legal registration makes these organizations easier to manage. In some areas of Japan, gang organizations have even become another social order maintainer in addition to the rule of law. In the 3.11 earthquake in Japan in 2011, gang organizations rushed to the scene faster than the Self-Defense Forces to participate in the rescue work.
There are dozens of gangs in many cities in Japan today. There are more than 20 gangs in Tokyo, Fukuoka and other places. The total number of gang members in Japan exceeds 50,000. The more well-known Japanese gangs are Yamaguchi-gumi, Affinity Club, Matsuba Club, Inagawa Club, , Sumiyoshi Club... Among them, the most famous Yamaguchi-gumi is said to have an output value of up to 80 billion US dollars a year. Today's Japanese gangs are more akin to a special kind of enterprise. They basically do not disturb the people, and ordinary people do not want to have any contact with them. Only drug addicts and loan sharksOnly people from the social fringes, such as gamblers and gamblers, deal with them.
