Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1994)

  • NR
  • 10/19/1994 (US)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 2h 3m

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.

Jūzō Itami

Writer, Director

Cast

Nobuko Miyamoto's headshot

Nobuko Miyamoto

Mahiru Inoue
Yasuo Daichi's headshot

Yasuo Daichi

Suzuki
Akira Takarada's headshot

Akira Takarada

Kobayashi
Takehiro Murata's headshot

Takehiro Murata

Taro Wakasugi
Yuji Miyake's headshot

Yuji Miyake

Hotel Man
Shirō Itō's headshot

Shirō Itō

Iriejima
Akira Nakao's headshot

Akira Nakao

Ibaki
Hōsei Komatsu's headshot

Hōsei Komatsu

Hanaoka

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