Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

May 16, 1992

2h 3m

★ 6.7

The gangster comedy that shook up the Japanese mob.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

TOHO

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion Trailers

Cast

Mahiru Inoue

Nobuko Miyamoto

Suzuki

Yasuo Daichi

Kobayashi

Akira Takarada

Taro Wakasugi

Takehiro Murata

Hotel Man

Yuji Miyake

Iriejima

Shirō Itō

Ibaki

Akira Nakao

Hanaoka

Hōsei Komatsu

Yakuza

Toshiro Yanagiba

Yakuza Boss

Akio Tanaka

Yakuza Boss

Kōji Sekiyama

Yakuza

Guts Ishimatsu

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