The best Nobuko Miyamoto’s thriller movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Nobuko Miyamoto’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Nobuko Miyamoto.
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
7.4/10
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.
Woman in Witness Protection
7.2/10
Biwako, a star actress, is the sole witness to a grizzly murder. After the cops persuade her to play the bait to catch the killers, two veteran detectives are assigned to protect her at all times. However, this also means that Biwako's new guardians have no choice but to deal with the overly-dramatic, hilarious, and sometimes harrowing ups and downs of her life.
A Taxing Woman's Return
6.7/10
Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.
