The read
A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,446 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Jūzō ItamiWriter
- Jūzō ItamiDirector
- Toshiyuki HondaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nobuko MiyamotoMahiru Inoue
- Yasuo DaichiSuzuki
- Akira TakaradaKobayashi
- Takehiro MurataTaro Wakasugi
- Yuji MiyakeHotel Man
- Shirō ItōIriejima
- Akira NakaoIbaki
- Hōsei KomatsuHanaoka
- Toshiro YanagibaYakuza
- Akio TanakaYakuza Boss
- Kōji SekiyamaYakuza Boss
- Guts IshimatsuYakuza
Stills
Movies like Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Shows like Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Themes
hotelyakuzaextortionextortionistanti-corruption
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