The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. The Evil Lawyer
19951h 25min
#14 in the series, after "City of Desire."
#14 in the series, after "City of Desire."
Series of direct-to-video and theatrical movies based the manga "Minami no Teiō"
First in the long-running series starring Riki Takeuchi as Ginjirō Manda, a loan shark in Osaka's Minami district, who shows off his brilliant debt collector skills against numerous enemies.
#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.
#3 in the King of Minami series. Ginjiro Manda sets his sights on a corrupt cop named Tatsuya, who finds himself in debt to Manda after unsuccessfully trying to scam the ruthless loan shark. The pair also find themselves chasing a notorious con artist, who is himself in debt to an even more ruthless real estate tycoon.
#6 in the King of Minami series, following "Ginjiro vs. Liquidator."
#7 in the King of Minami series, following "Tactical Debt."
#13 in the series, after the Special Movie.
#14 in the series, after "City of Desire."
#18 in the series, after "Conspiracy."
#21 in the series, following "Waiting Woman."
#24 in the series, following "Recollection."
#25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.
#27 in the series, following "Reverse Inheritance."
#28 in the series, following "Permanent Scar."
#32 in the King of Minami series. When the failed president of a recruitment company turns to offering fake job titles for a fee, he is targeted by the yakuza and forced to borrow money from Ginjiro Manda. Despite his attempts to escape his debts by declaring bankruptcy, Manda has other plans.
#34 in the series, following "Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap."
#4 in the King of Minami series, featuring two stories from the manga. In "High Interest Marriage," Manda helps a woman pull a reverse marital fraud on the man who took advantage of her. Then, in "Ten Million Yen Woman," a man agrees to pay 10 million yen for a one night stand, but ends up seeking Manda's help to avoid paying his debt.
#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being targeted by the yakuza in Kobe. Meanwhile, Manda hounds a factory owner named Yanagida for his interest payments, only to discover that he's only one of many victims of the evil liquidator Gennai, who profits off of other companies' bankruptcy.
#8 in the series, after "Lady Loan Shark."
#9 in the series, after "Lovers Contract."
#10 in the series, after "Bankruptcy Takeover."
#11 in the series, after "Sweet Trap."
When aspiring businessman Chiwaki borrows money from the LA mafia and flees to Japan to escape his debt, he soon finds himself being chased throughout Osaka by the local yakuza and a mafia loan shark. Chiwaki plans to get out of debt by investing in a high-end beauty salon, with a loan from Ginjiro Manda. Soon, Chiwaki finds himself pursued by Manda as well, who is willing to go up against the mafia to get his money back.
#16 in the series, after "Futures Trading Hell."
#15 in the series, after "Ginjiro vs. The Evil Lawyer."
1996 TV Special, #17 in the series.
#19 in the series, following "Con Man Elimination."
#20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."
#23 in the series, following the Five Hour Special.
#26 in the series, following "Trans Woman Blues."
#29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."
#30 in the King of Minami series, introducing Ginjiro Manda's new sidekick Kohei. This installment explores the fatal effects of bankruptcy on the loan shark profession, when a young business owner gets tricked into declaring bankruptcy in order to escape from his massive loan debts, prompting Manda to seek revenge on the wily financial advisor behind it all.
#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.
#33 in the King of Minami series. The CEO of a health food start-up borrows money from Manda using his fiancee's house as collateral, but when his American supplier demands more money than expected, he turns to a business loan company to make up the difference. Meanwhile, a hapless festival merchant turns to Manda when a run-in with the yakuza threatens to derail his business.
