A Taxing Woman

He has a Yen for her, but he won't tell her where it's hidden...

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1987 / 128min.

Rating6.7

Genres

Comedy

Crime

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.

Directors

Jūzō Itami

Actors

Naomi Oka

Hideji Ōtaki

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Chōei Takahashi

Kan Yanagiya

Shirō Itō

Kiriko Shimizu

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tadashi Okuno

Masahiko Tsugawa

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