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Rating: 6.5 stars

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dkutv Japan extortion hotel yakuza blackmail tku-tv

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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)

Directed by Juzo Itami

Crime | Comedy

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.

Length 123 minutes

Actors

Nobuko Miyamoto | Yasuo Daichi | Akira Takarada | Takehiro Murata | Yuji Miyaji | Shirô Itô | Akira Nakao | Hôsei Komatsu | Toshirō Yanagiba | Akio Tanaka | Kôji Sekiyama | Guts Ishimatsu | Tetsu Watanabe | Shigeru Yazaki | Masahiko Tsugawa | Hideji Ôtaki | Noboru Mitani | Minako Ogawa

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Fascinating movie meant to be a parody of yakuza behavior but is probably closer to the truth. Was programmed for the Akira Takarada celebration on DKUTV and I had not seen it. Apparently it’s available via Criterion Channel?!

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