Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1992 · 123 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Jûzô Itami

Starring

Tetsu Watanabe, Takehiro Murata, Nobuko Miyamoto, Hideji Ôtaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Akira Takarada

A gangster comedy that rattles the Japanese underworld, this film follows Mahiru Inoue, a savvy lawyer known for handling Yakuza matters, as she is hired by an upscale hotel to eliminate the local thugs plaguing the premises. Her goal is to clear the way for the hotel to secure a contract to host a summit of high‑profile foreign officials.