Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story

Cast

Nakayama Hideyuki, Ishida Yuriko, Nogiwa Yoko, Kaga Takeshi, Ato Kai, Ishikura Saburo, Nagira Kenichi, Shishido Jo

Genre

yakuza, drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

19 episodes

How it feels

A Yakuza boss by night leads a double life as a daytime employee at a lingerie company. The series follows his odd balancing act between criminal underworld duties and mundane office work.

lightheartedquirkyoffbeatcomedicslow-pacedabsurdunconventionaldomestic

What happens

Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story (Japanese: 静かなるドン, Hepburn: Shizukanaru Don; aka. "The Quiet Don") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Nitta, about a Yakuza boss who works in a lingerie manufacturer during the day. It started serialization in Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's seinen magazine, Weekly Manga Sunday on November 15, 1988. The manga was licensed and published in Taiwan by Da Ran Culture before being transferred to Sun Ho Culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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