A Taxing Woman's Return | |
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Directed by | Juzo Itami |
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Screenplay by | Juzo Itami |
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Music by | Toshiyuki Honda |
Cinematography | Yonezo Maeda |
Edited by | Akira Katsura |
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Itami Production
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Distributed by | Toho |
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128 minutes |
Country | Japan |
A Taxing Woman's Return, (Japanese title マルサの女2, Marusa no onna 2) is a 1988 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It is the sequel to Itami's 1987 comedy A Taxing Woman. Nobuko Miyamoto plays female government tax investigator Ryoko Itakura. She investigates a religious sect, led by Teppei Onizawa (Rentarō Mikuni), that is suspected of being used for tax evasion. The sect is part of a complex conspiracy involving the Yakuza, political corruption and a prestigious construction project.
A Taxing Woman's Return was released in Japan on January 15, 1988 where it wad distributed by Toho.
The film won a few Japanese awards. This included the Mainichi Film Concours Best Supporting Actor for Yasuo Daichi (also for Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad) and a Japanese Academy Awards for Best Editing (Akira Suzuki) who won the award for this film and Brake Out, Love Bites Back and The Silk Road.