The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Juzo Itami
Nobuko Miyamoto
Yasuo Daichi
Masahiro Murata
Akira Takarada
Hideji Otaki
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When the deluxe Hotel Europa in Tokyo loses its bid to host an international summit because its premises are used as a hangout by the Yakuza, the management appoints a task force to chase them out. Instead of hiring professionals, however, two hapless, low-level employees--a bellboy and an assistant accountant--are given the unwelcome task. Their efforts to fight the Yakuza continually backfire, prompting the hotel management to hire a woman lawyer specializing in such matters.
Director
Juzo Itami
Cast
Nobuko Miyamoto
Yasuo Daichi
Masahiro Murata
Akira Takarada
Hideji Otaki
Noboru Mitani
Shiro Ito
Akira Nakao
Hosei Komatsu
Tetsu Watanabe
Crew
Toshiyuki Honda
Seigo Hosogoe
Shogo Hosogoshi
Juzo Itami
Yonezo Maeda
Shuji Nakamura
Osamu Onodera
Nigel Sinclair
Akira Suzuki
Yukuo Takenaka
Gen Yamakawa
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 19, 1994
Released in United States October 1994
Released in United States October 28, 1994
Released in United States on Video November 29, 1995
Released in United States September 1992
Shown at Venice Film Festival September 1-12, 1992.
Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at Venice Film Festival September 1-12, 1992.)
Released in United States October 1994 (Shown in Los Angeles (Japan America Society) as part of program "Japan Today Film Festival" October 21-27, 1994.)
Released in United States Fall October 19, 1994
Released in United States October 28, 1994 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video November 29, 1995
