Yamaguchi-gumi "yakuza" syndicate head Taoka

Yamaguchi-gumi "yakuza" syndicate head Taoka

Undated photo taken at an unknown location shows Kazuo Taoka. He headed the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest "yakuza" crime syndicate, from 1946 to 1981.

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