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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.

Top 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

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.

Rating

7.0 / 10
24 Reviews
1 Popular

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