Yakuza Moon: The True Story of a Gangster’s Daughter
Self-discovery is an ongoing process for Tendo, a native of Osaka whose latest book “Full Moon Baby,” released in December, discusses being a single mother in Japan — yet another challenge in a life that has been fraught with despair.
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Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of year-old Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison and her family fell into terrible debt. 
Gangster daughter sheds light on Japan underworld | Reuters Self-discovery is an ongoing process for Tendo, a native of Osaka whose latest book “Full Moon Baby,” released in December, discusses being a single mother in Japan — yet another challenge in a life that has been fraught with despair.Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter - Goodreads TOKYO (Reuters) - With her dyed-brown long hair and tight designer jeans, Shoko Tendo looks like any other stylish young Japanese woman -- until she removes her shirt to reveal the vivid tattoos.Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter: Tendo, Shoko ... Adaptation of: Yakuza moon: memoirs of a gangster's daughter / Shoko Tendo ; translated by Louise Heal. 2008. Yakuza Moon : Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter - Google Books
Adaptation of: Yakuza moon: memoirs of a gangster's daughter / Shoko Tendo ; translated by Louise Heal. The author of "Yakuza Moon," a best-selling memoir just out in English, the 39-year-old Tendo says that police efforts to eradicate the gangsters have merely. Yakuza Moon is the shocking, yet intensely moving memoir of 37-year-old Shoko Tendo, who grew up the daughter of a yakuza boss. Tendo lived her life in luxury until the age of six, when her father was sent to prison and her family fell into terrible debt.
Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. It is an appropriately defiant image for Tendo and the most obvious sign that, as the daughter of a yakuza (mafia) boss, she hails from a section of Japanese society that most of her compatriots.
It's the story of my life and in it you'll nd the universal themes and concerns that anyone, of any walk of life, of any nationality, can relate to: bullying. The Guardian Online has posted a gorgeous article on Shoko Tendo, best-selling author of Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster’s Daughter, which chronicles her life of delinquency, drug addiction.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - With her dyed-brown long hair and tight designer jeans, Shoko Tendo looks like any other stylish young Japanese woman -- until she removes her shirt to reveal the vivid tattoos. The hidden hell of yakuza families – The Mail & Guardian
yakuza moon: the true story of a gangster’s daughter • based on the book by shoko tendo, adapted by sean michael wilson, illustrated by michiro morikawa • kodansha usa • pp. • rating: mature. 極道な月: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter - Shoko Tendo - Google ...
It is an appropriately defiant image for Tendo and the most obvious sign that, as the daughter of a yakuza (mafia) boss, she hails from a section of Japanese society that most of her compatriots.
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Born into the family of a wealthy yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived her early years in luxury. But labeled "the yakuza kid," she was the victim both of bullying and discrimination from teachers and classmates at school, and of her father's drunken rages at home. Yakuza Moon: The True Story of a Gangster's Daughter - Goodreads
Her dad Hiroyasu Tendo was a member of the world’s deadliest gang - Japan’s Yakuza - and forced her into sex slavery for five years before she escaped, reports The Sun.. The 35,strong gang.