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.

00:06:03 You must host heads of state.

00:09:25 What people?

00:12:48 Once again.

00:16:02 What?

00:21:33 I want to apologize.

00:27:15 I'll forget the whole thing.

00:31:38 I'm not going.

00:35:59 Instead of appointing us.

00:39:49 'Implied Violence'.

00:44:37 Mr. Hanaoka has already picked up his bag.

00:48:37 Even go to jail for the sake of justice.

00:51:51 Violence can land them in jail.

00:56:51 Can we talk later?

01:03:54 We're in big trouble.

01:08:02 If I do that, will you pay?

01:12:36 It's forgotten.

01:18:26 Mud on the roads.

01:23:02 This spying things is absolutely unfounded and...

01:30:19 If those photos get out, we're ruined.

01:35:29 It's pretty awful.

01:40:23 And then we can act.

01:48:26 Maybe we can trick them.

01:53:12 Don't act innocent!

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 line01:53:12

Production Record

DirectorJūzō Itami

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes1,206