Hase Seishu

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Hase Seishu is a well-known Japanese novelist. He is known for writing Yakuza crime novels.

A few of his novels (The City of Last Souls and Sleepless Town) were turned into movies with some directed by notable Japanese director, Takashi Miike.

Seishu also wrote the story for Sega's 2006 video game, Yakuza.

[edit] References

• New York Times: Review of The City of Lost Souls
• Hase Seishu at the Internet Movie Database