A loan shark walks into a porn producer's bankruptcy. Everyone loses.
#2 in the King of Minami series. The relentless Osaka loan shark Ginjiro Manda and his apprentice, Ryuichi, attempt to collect from a failed AV producer, setting into motion a complex series of events involving the yakuza, planned bankruptcy schemes and a wily stockbroker named Yasuda.
Acting
Riki Takeuchi's shark grin that never reaches his eyes
Direction
Sadaaki Haginiwa's documentary-style Osaka location shooting
Writing
Bankruptcy law explained like a heist movie
Director
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Japan's post-bubble recession, the film weaponizes real 1992 bankruptcy laws that salarymen were learning too late. Osaka's Minami district was genuinely this wild.
Riki Takeuchi based Manda's wolfish walk on actual loan sharks he observed in Dotonbori—he'd later reuse the same physicality for his iconic Dead or Alive roles.
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