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Directed by | Juzo Itami |
Screenplay by | Juzo Itami [1] |
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Cinematography | Yonezo Maeda [1] |
Edited by | Akira Katsura [1] |
Music by | Toshiyuki Honda [1] |
Production company | Itami Production
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 128 minutes [1] |
Country | Japan |
A Taxing Woman's Return ( Japanese: マルサの女2, Hepburn: 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. [2]
A Taxing Woman's Return was released in Japan on January 15, 1988 where it was distributed by Toho. [1]
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. [1]
A Taxing Woman's Return | |
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![]() | |
Directed by | Juzo Itami |
Screenplay by | Juzo Itami [1] |
Produced by |
|
Starring | |
Cinematography | Yonezo Maeda [1] |
Edited by | Akira Katsura [1] |
Music by | Toshiyuki Honda [1] |
Production company | Itami Production
[1] |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes [1] |
Country | Japan |
A Taxing Woman's Return ( Japanese: マルサの女2, Hepburn: 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. [2]
A Taxing Woman's Return was released in Japan on January 15, 1988 where it was distributed by Toho. [1]
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. [1]