Loan sharks in suits: the most polite predators you'll ever root for.
#36 in the series, following "License for Cruelty." The CEO of a yakuza-backed finance company teams up with a shady consultant to convince debtors to sign away the deed to their property in order to declare bankruptcy and clear their debts.
Acting
Riki Takeuchi's shark-grin charisma carries every scene.
Direction
Haginiwa makes foreclosure meetings genuinely tense.
Writing
Dialogue that makes loan contracts sound like death sentences.
Director
Sadaaki Haginiwa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The King of Minami series spans 36+ films from 1992-2015, making it one of Japan's longest-running V-cinema franchises—a direct-to-video phenomenon rarely exported.
Riki Takeuchi originated the Ginjiro Manda role in 1992 and played him over two decades; this 2001 entry captures him at peak smarm before his later parody-era performances.
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