A Taxing Woman (1987)
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.
Director: Jūzō Itami
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Nobuko Miyamoto as Ryoko Itakura |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki as Hideki Gondo |
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Masahiko Tsugawa as Hanamura |
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Yasuo Daichi as Ijuin |
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Kinzō Sakura as Kaneko |
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Hajime Asô as Himeda |
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Kiriko Shimizu as Kazue Kenmochi |
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Kazuyo Matsui as Kumi Torikai |
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Hideo Murota as Jukichi Ishii |
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Machiko Watanabe as Kangofu |
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Shôtarô Takeuchi as Rihei Hakamada |
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Mitsuhiko Kiyohisa as Gondo's Driver |
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Akira Shioji as Mr. Fudo |
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Koichi Ueda as Ninagawa's Assistant |
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Yûsuke Nagumo as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Jumbo Sugita as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Minoru Shiga as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Hideaki Mikoshiba as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Usaburo Oshima as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Atsushi Yamamoto as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Yukitomo Tochino as Ninagawa's Henchman |
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Toshio Tomogane as Detective |
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Yûsuke Koike as Detective |
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Bengal as Man in Apartment |
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Akiko Hatakeyama as Man in Apartment |
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Yuzuko Kinoshita as Old Woman |
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Mahito Tsujimura as Kikuchi |
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Susumu Honma as Representative's Secretary |
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Makoto Kakeda as Pachinko Parlor Employee |
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Shioya Yokosuka as Pachinko Parlor Employee |
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Gilyak Amagasaki as Lottery Man |
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Kan Yanagiya as Grocery Store Owner |
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Tokuko Sugiyama as Grocery Store Owner's Wife |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Tax Accountant |
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B-saku Satoh as President of Laundry Service Company |
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Isao Hashizume as Bank Sales Manager |
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Shirō Itō as Pachinko Parlor Boss |
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Hideji Ōtaki as Tsuyuguchi |
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Mach Fumiake as Akiyama |
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Yoshihiro Katō as Yamada |
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Zenpei Saga as Tax Office Chief |
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Tadashi Okuno as Somukacho |
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Moeko Ezawa as Tokushu Kankeinin |
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Yorie Yamashita as Young Girl |
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Kazuya Kosaka as Middle-aged Man |
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Daisuke Yamashita as Taro Gondo |
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Setsuko Shinoi as Gondo's Maid |
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Michino Yokoyama as Hotel Accountant |
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Naomi Oka as Mistress |
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Akio Tanaka as Bank Branch Manager |
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Tsugiho Narita as Jicho |
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Choei Takahashi as Section Manager of Subaru Bank Branch |
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Shinsuke Ashida as Ninagawa Kihachiro |
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Keiju Kobayashi as Ryoko's Boss |
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Mariko Okada as Mitsuko Sugiura |
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Katsuhiko Kobayashi as Director General |
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Eimei Esumi as Director General |
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Hiroyuki Yamada as Zeimushoin |
| Production | Seigo Hosogoe | Producer |
| Production | Yasushi Tamaoki | Producer |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Art | Shuichiro Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Directing | Jūzō Itami | Director |
| Writing | Jūzō Itami | Writer |
| Editing | Kanichi Yoneyama | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Yoshio Kitazawa | Negative Cutter |
| Camera | Yonezō Maeda | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Teruo Katsura | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Osamu Onodera | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Toshiyuki Honda | Original Music Composer |