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Minbo (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.
Oct 19, 1994 · Minbo: Directed by Jûzô Itami. With Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Takehiro Murata, Akira Takarada. A luxury hotel extorted by yakusa assigns an ordinary accountant to handle the situation.
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Feb 2, 2021 · 1992's Minbo is a satire of Japanese criminals trying to strong-arm a hotel. It so angered the real yakuza that they mounted a direct assault on director Juzo Itami. Japanese cinema professor ...
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Minbo is Juzo Itami's most outrageous and entertaining film to date. Known as one of Japan's finest directors and one of its harshest social critics, Itami (who died, sadly, in 1997) took the yakuza head on in Minbo and produced a biting satire that packs more punch than a Jackie Chan double feature.
Feb 6, 2020 · “Minbo or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion” is an exceptional film, both due to the entertainment it offers and for the portrayal of the yakuza, and it is unfortunate that it will be remembered mostly for its consequences.
Oct 19, 1994 · 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.
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In his brilliantly clever "Minbo - Or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion," director-writer Juzu Itami presents the yakuza as nothing more than a bunch of thugs who slip cockroaches into food to...
