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A Taxing Woman

Play trailer A Taxing Woman 1987,  2h 7m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 75% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 86% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
75% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 86% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Ace tax investigator Ryoko Itakura (Nobuko Miyamoto) sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a suspected millionaire who owns a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels. For years, Gondo has succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. As the government investigation progresses, Itakura and Gondo find themselves locked in a battle of wits — one further complicated by their growing affections for each other.

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Derek Malcolm Guardian Aug 16, 2021
Itami's real power as a director is to suggest that people are, in fact, much the same everywhere and that anarchy rathe than order is what unites them under the skin. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009
Tighter than [Itami's] first film, The Funeral, and better constructed than Tampopo, The Taxing Woman drives relentlessly forward, mixing social satire with action and sex, if anything piling it a bit too much for one film. Go to Full Review
Wally Hammond Time Out Feb 9, 2006
In this, his third helter-skelter satire on modern Japanese mores, Itami turns his witty attention to the subject of money, with tighter construction and deeper characterisation making it his most entertaining yet. Go to Full Review
Nathanael Hood Unseen Films May 20, 2020
6/10
Dares to ask how much of a bastard does a villain need to be to make us root for a tax auditor. Go to Full Review
Siu Wai Anderson Sojourner Aug 30, 2019
The gutsiness of the "taxing woman," a quick-witted Tokyo auditor-cum-inspector, gives the story some color, but the plot lacks suspense and ends too neatly. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 23, 2005
4/5
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Cast & Crew

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Juzo Itami

Director

Nobuko Miyamoto

Ryoko Itakura, Tax Inspector

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hideki Gondo

Masahiko Tsugawa

Hanamura

Seigo Hosogoe

Producer

Yasushi Tamaoki

Producer

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A Taxing Woman

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Movie Info

Synopsis Ace tax investigator Ryoko Itakura (Nobuko Miyamoto) sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a suspected millionaire who owns a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels. For years, Gondo has succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. As the government investigation progresses, Itakura and Gondo find themselves locked in a battle of wits — one further complicated by their growing affections for each other.
Director
Juzo Itami
Producer
Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki
Production Co
Itami Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 1987, Original
Runtime
2h 7m
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