{"id":54726,"date":"2015-07-26T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=54726"},"modified":"2015-07-21T14:54:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T18:54:44","slug":"aaiff-june-bride-redemption-of-a-yakuza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=54726","title":{"rendered":"AAIFF: June Bride: Redemption of a Yakuza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, July 26 5:30PM
\nAAIFF
\nVillage East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
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What is the difference between being a mobster and a preacher? A former Yakuza (Japanese organized crime syndicate), Tatsuya Shindo, humorously says, \u201cIn some ways, the Christian world resembles the outlaw world; what God says is absolute, what your boss says is absolute\u201d. With members laughing and listening closely, Pastor Shindo gives his Christian preaching in June Bride. What was once a bar full of smoke is now a spiritual shelter for people who are looking for possibilities to improve or start over.<\/p>\n

Shindo narrates his life transformation: from starting his Yakuza career at the age of eighteen, to transitioning his to his life as a pastor, he faced many difficulties in gaining church members, with only twenty members joining over four long years. The documentary explores Shindo\u2019s story as well as those of other former Yakuzas who discover the difficulties faced when starting over. How did they come to terms with a dishonorable past while attempting to embracing a new and unknown future? It is a question that Shindo explores and answers as he connects with others on the same road.<\/p>\n

Through this lens, Shindo confronts the cruelty of Yakuza\u2019s rules, while also discovering honesty, courage, and love for others as he and others learn acceptance, patience and persistence on the journey to redemption.<\/p>\n

For tickets and showtime visit: http:\/\/aaiff.org\/2015\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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