９・１１倶楽部

by Seishū Hase

地下鉄サリン事件で妻子を失った救急救命士の織田は、ある日路上で倒れていた少女・笑加（えみか）を助ける。彼女と暮らしていたのは、リーダー格の明をはじめ年齢がバラバラな少年たち。実は彼らは、都知事による新宿浄化作戦で両親を中国に強制送還された、戸籍のない子供たちだった。事情を知った織田は、力になろうと無謀な行動を起こし始める。理不尽な現実と社会に復讐するためにはじめた“危険な遊び”は、やがて──。狂気に駆られていく男を圧倒的な筆致で描く傑作長篇！

591 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 2011

About the author

Hase Seishu ((馳 星周) is the pseudonym of the Japanese yakuza-crime novelist Toshihito Bando (坂東 齢人). His pen name is based on the Chinese name of the director Stephen Chow (Director of Kung Fu Hustle) Chow Sing-chi(周星馳) written backward then rendered in Japanese.

Bando graduated with a BA from Yokohama City University in 1987.

A few of his novels were adapted into Asian films, such as The City of Lost Souls and Sleepless Town, in 2000 and 1998, respectively.

Some of his novels were adapted into films, such as Fuyajo or 'Sleepless Town' (1998) directed by Chi-Ngai Lee, and 'The City of Lost Souls (2000) Directed by legendary Yakuza crime filmmaker Takashi Miike.

Bando also oversaw the stories for the blockbuster sega video games Yakuza and Yakuza 2, but had no evolvement in later installments in the series.