CinemaOSMovie · 1992 · 2h 4m
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

The gangster comedy that shook up the Japanese mob.

70%(27)IMDbComedyCrime

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.

Directed byJūzō Itami

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 4m
Language
JA
Released
May 16, 1992
Studios
TOHO

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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

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Written by
Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Produced by
Seigo Hosogoe
Yasushi Tamaoki

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