A Taxing Woman (マルサの女, Marusa no onna) is a 1987 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards.
The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a government tax investigator who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders.
The director reportedly was inspired to make the film after he entered a much higher tax bracket after his success with The Funer...
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A Taxing Woman (マルサの女, Marusa no onna) is a 1987 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards.
The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a government tax investigator who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders.
The director reportedly was inspired to make the film after he entered a much higher tax bracket after his success with The Funeral.
A sequel, A Taxing Woman 2, featuring some of the same characters but darker in tone, was released in 1988.
A female tax auditor, Ryōko Itakura, inspects the accounts of various Japanese companies, uncovering hidden incomes and recovering unpaid taxes.
One day she persuades her boss to let her investigate the owner of a string of love hotels who seems to be avoiding tax, but after an investigation no evidence is found. During the investigation the inspector and the inspected owner, Hideki Gondō, develop an unspoken respect for each other....
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