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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.

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ComedyCrime

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

16 May 1992

Country

Japan

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

Akio Tanaka

Akio Tanaka

Yakuza Boss

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Yakuza Boss

Guts Ishimatsu

Guts Ishimatsu

Yakuza

Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe

Akechi

Shigeru Yazaki

Shigeru Yazaki

Judge

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Foreign Office Eugene

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Hotel General Manager

Noboru Mitani

Noboru Mitani

Gang Boss

Minako Ogawa

Minako Ogawa

President's secretary

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