30 minSeason 3 • Episode 9
LatestShindo's control over Mayumi, Miyumi and the Uehara family is nearly total, until Ushijima comes to collect on Mayumi's debt.
Kaoru Ushijima's Kaukau Finance is the lender of last resort for many of the poorest people in the area: He collects without mercy and without fail.
Acting
Yamada's dead-eyed charisma makes evil weirdly magnetic.
Direction
Yamaguchi shoots poverty like it's fetish content, which is the point.
Production
Sleazy urban decay so authentic you can smell the cigarette smoke.
Creator
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yamikin (闇金) refers to Japan's shadow lending industry, a $100B+ market preying on those excluded from mainstream banking.
Takayuki Yamada reportedly shadowed actual loan sharks in Kabukicho, later calling it 'the most depressing research of my career.'
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