8th February 1990

A Taxing Woman
(Marusa no onna)

Director: Juzo Itami

Japan, 1987

Run Time: 127 minutes, Certificate: ,
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Language: Japanese

Synopsis:

Ryoko is a civil servant whose sole aim in life is to become the most successful tax inspector in Japan. From this unlikely basis, Juzo Itami's comedy thriller, (winner of 9 Japanese Academy Awards),. plays on the mutual sexual attraction that develops between Ryoko and her intended target - crime boss Gondo.

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