Hase Seishu
Encyclopedia
is a well-known Japanese novelist. He is known for writing Yakuza
crime novels.
A few of his novels (The City of Lost Souls
and Sleepless Town
) were turned into movies.
Seishu also wrote the story for Sega's 2006 video game, Yakuza
, and its sequel, Yakuza 2.
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
crime novels.
A few of his novels (The City of Lost Souls
The City of Lost Souls
The City of Lost Souls is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.-Cast:*Teah as Mario*Michelle Reis as Kei*Patricia Manterola as Lucia*Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Ko...
and Sleepless Town
Fuyajo
Fuyajo is a Hong Kong and Japan joint film production released in 1998.It was directed by Chi-Ngai Lee; cinematography by Arthur Wong, who was granted 2 cinematography awards for this film.- Cast :...
) were turned into movies.
Seishu also wrote the story for Sega's 2006 video game, Yakuza
Yakuza (video game)
Yakuza, originally released in Japan as is an action-adventure fighter video game developed and published by Sega in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2...
, and its sequel, Yakuza 2.