Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

The gangster comedy that shook up the Japanese mob.

6.7123 min
ComedyCrime

Overview

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

Movie Info

Release Date: 5/16/1992

Runtime: 123 min

Director: Jūzō Itami

Writers: Jūzō Itami

Top Cast

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Mahiru Inoue

Yasuo Daichi

Yasuo Daichi

Suzuki

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Kobayashi

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Taro Wakasugi

Yuji Miyake

Yuji Miyake

Hotel Man

Shirō Itō

Shirō Itō

Iriejima

Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

Ibaki

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hanaoka

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshiro Yanagiba

Yakuza

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Yakuza Boss

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