A Taxing Woman (1987)
- Original title
- マルサの女
- Directed by
- Jūzō Itami
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 42 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A female tax investigator uses clever tactics to catch people who cheat on their taxes in Japan. She faces off against various tax evaders in a cat and mouse game.
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What happens
A Taxing Woman (マルサの女, Marusa no onna) is a 1987 Japanese film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards. The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a tax investigator for the Japanese National Tax Agency who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders. Itami took inspiration for the movie after entering a higher tax bracket following the success of his first film, The Funeral. A sequel, A Taxing Woman's Return, featuring some of the same characters but darker in tone, was released in 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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