Movie

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

Released: May 16, 1992 (1992)

Runtime: 124 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Crime

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Hōsei Komatsu as Hanaoka
Age at release: 65
Akio Tanaka as Yakuza Boss
Age at release: 65
Akira Takarada as Kobayashi
Age at release: 58
Shirō Itō as Iriejima
Age at release: 54
Akira Nakao as Ibaki
Age at release: 49
Nobuko Miyamoto as Mahiru Inoue
Age at release: 47
Yuji Miyake as Hotel Man
Age at release: 41
Yasuo Daichi as Suzuki
Age at release: 40
Takehiro Murata as Taro Wakasugi
Age at release: 32
Toshiro Yanagiba as Yakuza
Age at release: 31

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Hideji Ōtaki as Hotel General Manager
Age at release: 66
Kōji Sekiyama as Yakuza Boss
Age at release: 62
Noboru Mitani as Gang Boss
Age at release: 60
Masahiko Tsugawa as Foreign Office Eugene
Age at release: 52
Shigeru Yazaki as Judge
Age at release: 44
Guts Ishimatsu as Yakuza
Age at release: 42
Tetsu Watanabe as Akechi
Age at release: 42
Minako Ogawa as President's secretary
Age at release: 30