Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
Original title: ミンボーの女
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion is a 1992 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Jūzō Itami, with a running time of 2h 4m. It stars Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi and Akira Takarada.
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.
Where to watch Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Nobuko Miyamoto as Mahiru Inoue
- Yasuo Daichi as Suzuki
- Akira Takarada as Kobayashi
- Takehiro Murata as Taro Wakasugi
- Yuji Miyake as Hotel Man
- Shirō Itō as Iriejima
- Akira Nakao as Ibaki
- Hōsei Komatsu as Hanaoka
- Toshiro Yanagiba as Yakuza
- Akio Tanaka as Yakuza Boss
- Kōji Sekiyama as Yakuza Boss
- Guts Ishimatsu as Yakuza