[The_Bear]

The samurai lived and died for what they believed in and never backed down from it at all. They served their damaiyo with loyalty and respect and protected their people from harm and dishonor. The samurai follwed shinto and some zen buddhist ways and realized the fragile body of life and how it can be taken from you within a heart beat and so they were in peace with the fact that they could die and would not deny it. They held high honor and respect for themselves and most of the human race in general and if broken should be punished ( no not all samurai killed each othe rin duel or assianted criminals, there would be none left if that continued to happen). Mafia in japan is the yakuza who are even in present day the largest criminal enterprise in the world. The ninja and ninjitsu are a complicated story and i wont get into that now.