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A Taxing Woman (1987)

Directed by Juzo Itami

Comedy | Crime

Overview

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

Length 127 minutes

Actors

Nobuko Miyamoto | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Masahiko Tsugawa | Yasuo Daichi | Kinzoh Sakura | Hajime Asô | Kiriko Shimizu | Kazuyo Matsui | Hideo Murota | Machiko Watanabe | Shôtarô Takeuchi | Mitsuhiko Kiyohisa | Akira Shioji | Kôichi Ueda | Yûsuke Nagumo | Jambo Sugita | Minoru Shiga | Hideaki Mikoshiba | Usaburo Oshima | Atsushi Yamamoto | Yukitomo Tochino | Toshio Tomogane | Yûsuke Koike | Bengal | Akiko Hatakeyama | Yuzuko Kinoshita | Mahito Tsujimura | Susumu Honma | Makoto Kakeda | Shioya Yokosuka | Gilyak Amagasaki | Kan Yanagiya | Tokuko Sugiyama | Eitarô Ozawa | Bsaku Satoh | Isao Hashizume | Shirô Itô | Hideji Ôtaki | Mach Fumiake | Yoshihiro Katô | Zenpei Saga | Tadashi Okuno | Moeko Ezawa | Yorie Yamashita | Kazuya Kosaka | Daisuke Yamashita | Setsuko Shinoi | Michiyo Yokoyama | Naomi Oka | Akio Tanaka | Tsugiho Narita | Chôei Takahashi | Shinsuke Ashida | Keiju Kobayashi | Mariko Okada | Katsuhiko Kobayashi | Eimei Esumi | Hiroyuki Yamada

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/22/2022TVBroadcastTV6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Super thrilled that DKUTV is programming these Juzo Itami films every Sunday this month. Most I have not seen. Wasn’t super into this story but I love seeing all these actors and Itami’s regulars throughout this just making the most of it.

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