Marusa no onna 2 (1988)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Juzo Itami

Writer:

Juzo Itami (writer)

Release Date:

27 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she...

Plot Keywords:

Yakuza | Sequel | Japanese | Female Nudity | Sex

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Nobuko Miyamoto	...	Ryôko Itakura
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Hanamura
Tetsurô Tanba	...	Sadohara (as Tetsurô Tamba)
Yasuo Daichi	...	Ijûin
Toru Masuoka	...	Mishima (as Tôru Masuoka)
Kinzoh Sakura	...	Kaneko (as Kinzô Sakura)
Tetsuya Ito	...	Sasatsukan-tachi (as Tetsuya Itô)
Takashi Kanematsu	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Hanbei Kawai	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Masaru Sakurai	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Retsu Kuratani	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Kazumasa Takemoto	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Maki Yonekura	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Takashi Saitô	...	Sasatsukan-tachi
Yôjirô Mori	...	Sasatsukan-tachi

Also Known As:

A Taxing Woman 2
A Taxing Woman's Return

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Itami Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in Marusa no onnna 2 wo marusa suru (1988) (V)

hilarious even with subtitles

"A Taxing Woman's Return" seems like a strange title for a movie, but somehow Juzo Itami makes Japanese tax investigation quite entertaining and interesting. The film has a carefully constructed, intricate plot and well-written screenplay; good acting and a *wonderfully* caustic sense of humor make this movie hilariously entertaining. Some of the best moments, though, come from showing how the fraudulent religious cult works (in evicting stubborn tenants, for example), and from Itami's gradual peeling away of plot layers to give us a peek at the never ending corruption in the system. This movie sits comfortably in my favorite 20 films.