he can do it all - comedian, calligraphy, tap dancing, book-writing, filmmaking, acting...etc. He just released three films after Zatoichi called the "artist suicide" series. I heard they're awesome. I haven't seen them yet. he doesn't have a strong mob connection but he does have mob investors. that's from what I understand. there's a master class series or something that he participated in I think Rotterdam that was amazing. look it up on youtube.