Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

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Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)

Directed by Jūzō Itami

“The gangster comedy that shook up the Japanese mob.”

Comedy, Crime · 2h 04m

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.

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Cast

Nobuko Miyamoto Mahiru Inoue Yasuo Daichi Suzuki Akira Takarada Kobayashi Takehiro Murata Taro Wakasugi Yuji Miyake Hotel Man Shirō Itō Iriejima Akira Nakao Ibaki Hōsei Komatsu Hanaoka Toshiro Yanagiba Yakuza
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Akio Tanaka Yakuza Boss Kōji Sekiyama Yakuza Boss Guts Ishimatsu Yakuza

Crew

Director
Jūzō Itami
Writer
Jūzō Itami
Director of Photography
Yonezō Maeda
Original Music Composer
Toshiyuki Honda
Editor
Akira Suzuki
Producer
Yasushi Tamaoki, Seigo Hosogoe

Details

Original title
ミンボーの女
Release date
1992-05-16
Runtime
2h 04m
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
TOHO