Die Kunst der Erpressung
(1992)
Regisseur:
Juzo ItamiSchauspieler:
Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Yûji Miyake, Shirô Itô, Akira Nakao, Hôsei Komatsu, Toshirō Yanagiba, Akio Tanaka, Kôji Sekiyama, Guts Ishimatsu, Tetsu Watanabe, Shigeru Yazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hideji ÔtakiDie Yakuza hat sich in Tokio das Hotel "Europa" als Ort für ihr Treffen auserkoren. Obwohl die Gäste unerwünscht sind, traut sich niemand, sie hinauszuwerfen. Man engagiert die Anwältin Mahiru Inoue, eine Spezialistin für das Yakuzamilieu.
A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials. Unfortunately, this hotel is quite popular with the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) and is a favorite target of theirs for extortion. They employ a variety of schemes to con the hotel out of 'hush-money.' The hotel needs to rid itself of the Yakuza and finally begins to fight back by hiring Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer who is an expert at dealing with these criminals on their own terms. This film by Juzo Itami combines action with farce, as an all-out war ensues. Written by Tad Dibbern
A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials. Unfortunately, this hotel is quite popular with the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters) and is a favorite target of theirs for extortion. They employ a variety of schemes to con the hotel out of 'hush-money.' The hotel needs to rid itself of the Yakuza and finally begins to fight back by hiring Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer who is an expert at dealing with these criminals on their own terms. This film by Juzo Itami combines action with farce, as an all-out war ensues. Written by Tad Dibbern
