A Taxing Woman

A Taxing Woman

6.9

Feb 07 1987

2h 7m

Comedy, Crime

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.

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Ryoko Itakura

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hideki Gondo

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Hanamura

Yasuo Daichi

Yasuo Daichi

Ijuin

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