Post by manfromplanetx on Aug 14, 2019 7:20:06 GMT
A lethal weapon of choice carried by the Yakuza a weapon featured in countless Japanese crime films set early in 20tth century is the Tantō .
It is a short sword of varying blade types, commonly around 25cm long and 17mm wide the blade was housed in a wooden/bamboo sheath.
Used in bloody encounters with rival gangs, the Tantō was also used in a Yakuza ritual often featured with gruesome cinematic detail, yubitsume, or “finger-shortening.”... when saying “sorry” to the family simply just doesn’t cut it...!
Sengo Saidai no Toba (1969) Dir. Kôsaku Yamashita . Kôji Tsuruta & Ken Takakura pictured.
It is a short sword of varying blade types, commonly around 25cm long and 17mm wide the blade was housed in a wooden/bamboo sheath.
Used in bloody encounters with rival gangs, the Tantō was also used in a Yakuza ritual often featured with gruesome cinematic detail, yubitsume, or “finger-shortening.”... when saying “sorry” to the family simply just doesn’t cut it...!
Sengo Saidai no Toba (1969) Dir. Kôsaku Yamashita . Kôji Tsuruta & Ken Takakura pictured.