"Minbo...Or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion"
1994
Directed by Juzo Itami

Juzo Itami turns his acid humor to Japan's infamous institution--the Yakuza gangs--in this film about a courageous attorney who rallies all of the employees at a hotel in an effort to resist the Yakuza blackmail. After the film was completed, thugs viciously attacked the director, forcing him to go into hiding. A brilliant, satirical look at the underbelly of Japanese modern life. Japanese with English subtitles.
123 minutes.