Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Name: Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Director: Jūzō Itami
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1992-05-16
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 6.94
Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Yuji Miyake

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

1992

2h 4m

Comedy Crime

Director: Jūzō Itami

Writer: Jūzō Itami

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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.