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
Tetsuro Tamba	...	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)

A promising setup that falls apart at the end.

I am a big fan of Nobuko Miyamoto and her work with her husband, Juzo Itami, in such films as "Minbo" and the first "Taxing Woman" but this film dissappoints. It starts out with a great setup, a religious cult is involved with yakuza real estate dealings, but the payoff is unsatisfying. The money is difficult to keep straight, ie. who payed what to whom, and in the end I wasn't sure if the bad guys had been punished or not. Some fine moments with Miyamoto but in the end it was very forgettable.