Blood Wind of Kanto: The Yamakyu War and the Confrontation of Two Leaders (1993)

Blood Wind of Kanto: The Yamakyu War and the Confrontation of Two Leaders (1993)

In 1993, the whole Kanto area was engulfed in a chain of violence known as the "Yamagkoku War. Yamaguchigumi V and Kyokutokai, two giant organizations, fought to the death in Tokyo as their main battleground. In the chaos that followed the collapse of the bubble economy, Yamaguchigumi accelerated its expansion into the Kanto region and relentlessly encroached on the territory of the existing power, Kyokutokai. The Kyokutokai mobilized its members to defend its interests in the downtown area and built a line of defense in Kabukicho as a "last stronghold. Particularly famous is the anecdote that a Kyokutokai executive stationed a lookout on the roof of a club building and monitored Yamaguchigun-affiliated vehicles with binoculars. The general public's anxiety reached its peak when more than 20 shooting incidents occurred one after another in Tokyo, Saitama, and Chiba. Chairman Shinichi Matsuyama tried to fight back thoroughly, but the pressure from the Yamaguchigumi, which depl
oyed armed fighters such as the Kodokai and Takumi gangs, made the fight defensible, and a partial truce was reached in the fall through mediation by the Sumiyoshi-kai and the Inagawa-kai. On the other hand, Yoshinori Watanabe, the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi, promoted the conquest of the Kanto region in a cool-headed manner without going out into the field, and finally accepted the cease-fire and chose to preserve the organization. After the war, the Kyokutokai was downsized and Yamaguchigumi consolidated its Kanto stronghold. In the sky of the city, there was indeed a wind that carried the scent of blood.