The read
Scores higher than 82% of the 1,048 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Jūzō ItamiDirector
- Jūzō ItamiWriter
- Toshiyuki HondaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nobuko MiyamotoRyoko Itakura
- Tsutomu YamazakiHideki Gondo
- Masahiko TsugawaHanamura
- Yasuo DaichiIjuin
- Kinzō SakuraKaneko
- Hajime AsôHimeda
- Kiriko ShimizuKazue Kenmochi
- Kazuyo MatsuiKumi Torikai
- Hideo MurotaJukichi Ishii
- Machiko WatanabeKangofu
- Shôtarô TakeuchiRihei Hakamada
- Mitsuhiko KiyohisaGondo's Driver
Stills
Movies like A Taxing Woman
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
1992
Shares: Jūzō Itami · Nobuko Miyamoto · Yasuo Daichi
Shows like A Taxing Woman
Themes
satiretaxessocial satireinvestigatorcat and mouseunpaid taxes
The Best Japanese Comedy Movies
A Taxing Woman is #28 of 60
