A Taxing Woman's Return
| A Taxing Woman's Return | |
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 Japanese DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Juzo Itami |
| Produced by |
Seigo Hosogoe Yasushi Tamaoki |
| Written by | Juzo Itami |
| Starring |
Nobuko Miyamoto Rentarō Mikuni Masahiko Tsugawa Tetsurō Tamba Toru Masuoka Koichi Ueda Mansaku Fuwa Takeya Nakamura |
| Music by | Toshiyuki Honda |
| Cinematography | Yonezo Maeda |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A Taxing Woman's Return, also titled A Taxing Woman 2 (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.
As in A Taxing Woman, Nobuko Miyamoto plays female government tax investigator Ryoko Itakura. In this film 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.
While retaining some of the comic elements of A Taxing Woman, the sequel is darker and angrier in tone, featuring corruption, intimidation and murder in addition to tax evasion.
The film was nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the prize for Best Editing.
Awards
- Award of the Japanese Academy - Best Editing (1989)
- Mainichi Film Concours - Best Supporting Actor (1989)