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Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion is a film of genre Drama directed by Jūzō Itami released in USA on 19 october 1994 with Nobuko Miyamoto
Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
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Add to a movie listMinbo (ミンボーの女, Minbō no Onna) is a 1992 Japanese film by filmmaker Juzo Itami. It is also known by the titles Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion, The Gangster's Moll and The Anti-Extortion Woman. The film was widely popular in Japan and a critical success internationally. It satirizes the yakuza, who retaliated for their portrayal in the film by assaulting the director.
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The owner of a high-class Japanese hotel, the Europa, hopes to win a prestigious and lucrative contract for the hotel as the site of a summit meeting between important international officials. Unfortunately, the yakuza have taken a liking to this hotel as both a hangout and a target for extortion. In order to win the contract, the owner realizes, he must rid the hotel of the yakuza. Fearing to confront them himself, he deputizes a hotel accountant, Suzuki (Yasuo Daichi) and a bellboy and former college sumo-club member, Wakasugi (Takehiro Murata). The hapless pair are no more daring than their employer, however, and their tentative attempts to address the problem fail until they meet Mahiru Inoue (Nobuko Miyamoto), a lawyer who specializes in dealing with the yakuza. With Inoue's direction, the hotel staff comes together to face down the yakuza ruffians, who are portrayed as craven, outwardly-threatening-but-inwardly-weak, fools.Actors
Nobuko Miyamoto
(Mahiru Inoue)
Akira Takarada
(Kobayashi)
Hideji Ōtaki
(the hotel owner)
Akira Nakao
(Ibaki)
Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦)
(Foreign Office Eugene)
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