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.
- Year: 1992
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Studio: TOHO
- Keyword: yakuza, extortion, extortionist, anti-corruption
- Director: Jūzō Itami
- Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Yuji Miyake, Shirō Itō