1992 · comedy · yakuza · satire
Minbo
Directed by Jūzō Itami2h 4m1992
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.
Our read: Minbo (1992) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · yakuza · satire entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / yakuza, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
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