• Bakuto (博徒) were itinerant gamblers active in Japan from the 18th century to the mid-20th century. They were one of two forerunners (the other being tekiya...
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  • death. Bakuto is a leader of a faction of the Hand who runs a camp that recruits orphaned and runaway kids. Colleen Wing is a former student of Bakuto, and...
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    was a rice wholesaler. Due to the fall of his adoptive family he became a bakuto (gambler) and thereafter the biggest yakuza boss of the Tōkaidō region....
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  • a young Joy Meachum. Bakuto (portrayed by Ramón Rodríguez) is a leader of a faction of The Hand and Colleen Wing's sensei. Bakuto at first appears to be...
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  • The Valiant Red Peony (Japanese: 緋牡丹博徒, Hepburn: Hibotan Bakuto) is a 1968 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kōsaku Yamashita. It stars Junko Fuji. She...
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  • to believe that someone is attempting to take Bakuto's life and ups the security. Despite this Bakuto believes that Matt was the one who sent the ninjas...
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  • Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate, based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by a local Bakuto in the early Meiji era. "Delinquent Groups and Organised Crime - Hiroaki...
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  • Daigunder (爆闘宣言ダイガンダー, Bakutō Sengen Daigandā) is a Japanese anime television series about humans using robots in tournaments. Created by Nihon Ad Systems...
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    who played US Marine Megan Leavey. Also that year, he played the role of Bakuto in both the Netflix series Iron Fist and The Defenders. Marx, Linda (August...
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  • Japanese organized crime syndicates. In the silent film era, depictions of bakuto (precursors to modern yakuza) as sympathetic Robin Hood-like characters...
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  • houses themselves, as well as the bakuto, with disdain. Much of the undesirable image of the yakuza originates from bakuto; this includes the name yakuza...
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  • 博徒解散式, Hepburn: Bakuto kaisanshiki) is a 1968 yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Koji Tsuruta. It is the sixth film in the Bakuto (Gambler) series...
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    or テキ屋; "peddlers") are itinerant Japanese merchants who, along with the bakuto ("gamblers"), historically were predecessors to the modern yakuza. A loose...
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  • Confessions of a Yakuza (浅草博徒一代, Asakusa bakuto ichidai) is a 1989 book by Japanese doctor and author Junichi Saga. It recounts a series of stories from...
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    criminal organizations. The ritual is thought to have originated with the bakuto, itinerant gamblers who were predecessors of the modern yakuza. If a person...
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  • bakuchi (1968) Hibotan bakuto ("Red Peony Gambler") (1968) - Torakichi Kumasaka Jinsei-gekijô: Hishakaku to kiratsune (1968) Hibotan bakuto: Isshuku ippan (1968)...
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  • tekiya, those who primarily peddled illicit, stolen or shoddy goods; and bakuto, those who were involved in or participated in gambling. In the late 1860s...
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  • "Call Us Tetris". The Tetris Company. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2023-08-26. "Bakuto Dochers". GameSpot. Retrieved 2016-05-27. "Faceball 2000 (Game)". Giant...
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  • That organization's rightist philosophy was summed up by Inagawa: "We bakuto cannot walk in broad daylight", he said. "But if we unite and form a wall...
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    Inagawa-gumi (稲川組) by Kakuji Inagawa. Most of its members were drawn from the bakuto (traditional gamblers), and illegal gambling has long been the clan's main...
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  • he is. Aimee Laurence portrays a young Joy Meachum. Ramón Rodríguez as Bakuto: A leader of a faction of The Hand and Colleen Wing's sensei. Sacha Dhawan...
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  • Kuruihara Zenka mono (1968) Gorotsuki (1968) Hibotan bakuto: Isshuku ippan (1968) - Shiraishi Bakuto retsuden (1968) - Masakichi Kyōdai jingi gyakuen no...
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  • they gradually fall in love with each other, both unaware that her sensei Bakuto is a founding member of the Hand who used her dojo to find recruits. When...
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    Armitage: Dual-Matrix - Julian Moore Apocalypse Zero - Harara Hagakure Bakuto Sengen Daigunder - Makoto Battle Athletes Victory Battle B-Daman - Bull...
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    Kourinden Oni Pandora Box Banpresto February 2, 1996 Unreleased Unreleased Bakuto Dochers Genki Bullet-Proof Software October 28, 1994 Unreleased Unreleased...
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  • Pelphrey as Ward Meachum Jessica Stroup as Joy Meachum Ramón Rodríguez as Bakuto Sacha Dhawan as Davos Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple David Wenham as Harold...
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    guest-starring in a different film every month at his peak. Memorable films include Bakuto (1964) and Nihon Kyokakuden Ketto Kanda Matsuri (1966). Tsuruta was also...
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    numbers: 18 odd sums, and 12 even sums. The game was a mainstay of the bakuto, itinerant gamblers in old Japan, and is still played by the modern yakuza...
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    Chūji (国定 忠治, 1810–1851) was a popular figure in the Edo period. He was a bakuto (gamblers commonly seen as forerunners to the modern yakuza). His story...
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  • Zatoichi at first comes across as a harmless blind anma (masseur) and bakuto (gambler) who wanders the land, making his living by chō-han (playing dice)...
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