Years ago, after reading some sexy yakuza manga, I went in search of real yakuza images. Lord. Not a single one was hot. Homely or ugly or otherwise not sexy.
So true and for some reason they where whitey tighties (I mean white boxers)well....at least the one I saw Tikineko
And Shun Oguri as Yakuza in OUROBOROS was like so hot he burned my TV. But nope. Ain't real life. :D (And Ike Reibun's yakuza make my head explode. OMG)
In manga the yakuza members are always cool handsome young guys but when I see them in documentary they're always chubby ugly old men.