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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.

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.

ComedyCrime

Release: 1992-05-16Runtime: 124 minRating: 6.7 (22)

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

Yakuza Boss

Crew

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Writer

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Director

Kazu Hiro

Kazu Hiro

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Kazu Hiro

Kazu Hiro

Makeup Artist

Yasushi Tamaoki

Producer

Shuichiro Nakamura

Production Design

Nigel Sinclair

Executive Producer

Akira Suzuki

Editor

Etsuko Egawa

Makeup Artist

Toshiyuki Honda

Toshiyuki Honda

Music

Clips & Videos

伊丹十三［ミンボーの女］予告編

伊丹十三［ミンボーの女］予告編