Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Name: Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Director: Jūzō Itami
Released: 1992
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Takehiro Murata, Akira Takarada, Hôsei Komatsu

1992 · 123 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,206 VOTES · DIR. Jūzō Itami

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,745 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:58 Pardon me.

00:06:08 Just look out there.

00:09:49 Say, Mr. Suzuki.

00:13:05 Stress is the worst thing.

00:16:43 A guest tries to help educate you and you call the police.

00:22:14 You think you can insult us?

00:28:08 Say something.

00:32:40 But I just asked him...

00:37:23 from evicting yakuza from a condo.

00:41:12 Yakuza are vain. Treat them politely.

00:46:16 You.

00:50:03 I stayed at this hotel last night and they lost my bag.

00:54:09 I don't have much cash with me today.

00:59:51 A great cut.

01:06:27 No lawyer can deny that.

01:10:03 Fuck you!

01:16:51 $ 200 million.

01:20:39 Let's go.

01:28:53 Goodness, excuse me.

01:34:20 The VIP Room.

01:39:31 Let me speak.

01:47:16 Yes, right away.

01:52:38 There.! He mentioned an amount!

500:00:00 in promissory notes.

Cast & Characters

Nobuko Miyamoto Mahiru Inoue Yasuo Daichi Suzuki the accountant Takehiro Murata Wakasugi (the bellboy) Akira Takarada Kobayashi Hôsei Komatsu Hanaoka Noboru Mitani Gang boss Hideji Ôtaki Hotel owner Tetsu Watanabe Akechi Akira Nakao Ibagi Shirô Itô Iriuchijima

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,745

Dialogue density14.2 lines / min

First line00:00:58

Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorJūzō Itami

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes1,206