- HD 1080
- Runtime: 123m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Jūzō Itami
- Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Yuji Miyake
- keywords: yakuza, extortion, extortionist, anti-corruption
- Production_studio: TOHO
- Slogan: The gangster comedy that shook up the Japanese mob.
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion is featured in the top rankings of 1992
- #40 in Top Comedy Movies of 1992
- #23 in Top Crime Movies of 1992
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.