Mishka Yaponchik was a Ukrainian gangster, Jewish, lived in Odessa at the beginning of the XX century, the military leader of two thousand of gangsters and the prototype of Benia Krik in The "Odessa Tales" by Soviet Jewish writer Isaak Babel. Born Moisei Vinnitsky, Yaponchik ("the Japanese") was an exceptional and eccentric character. Hailed as the next Robin Hood, he established his own code of conduct forbidding the robbing of the poor and professional classes.
Stars: Evgeniy Tkachuk, Aleksey Filimonov, Valentin Gaft, Igor Savochkin, Elena Shamova, Vadim Norshteyn
Crew: Sergey Ginzburg, Maxim Belozor, Eduard Moshkovich, Vladimir Davydenko, Nikita Chernov, Vitaliy Bordachev
Country: UA
Studio: Channel One
Runtime: 26:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Nov 09, 2011
Last air date: Nov 09, 2011
Episode: 12 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 2.3
Keywords:gangster
