A Taxing Woman's Return

A Taxing Woman's Return
A Taxing Woman's Return
Directed by	Juzo Itami
Screenplay by	Juzo Itami
Produced by	Juzo Itami; Yasushi Tamaoki; Seigo Hosogoe;
Starring	Nobuko Miyamoto; Rentarō Mikuni; Toru Masuoka; Masahiko Tsugawa;
Cinematography	Yonezo Maeda
Edited by	Akira Katsura
Music by	Toshiyuki Honda
Production; company	Itami Production
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	15 January 1988 (Japan);
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Japan

A Taxing Woman's Return (Japanese: マルサの女2, Hepburn: Marusa no onna 2) is a 1988 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It is the sequel to Itami's 1987 comedy A Taxing Woman. Nobuko Miyamoto plays female government tax investigator Ryoko Itakura. She investigates a religious sect, led by Teppei Onizawa (Rentarō Mikuni), that is suspected of being used for tax evasion. The sect is part of a complex conspiracy involving the yakuza, political corruption, and a prestigious construction project.^[2]

Release

A Taxing Woman's Return was released in Japan on January 15, 1988 where it was distributed by Toho.^[1]

Reception

The film won a few Japanese awards. This included the Mainichi Film Concours Best Supporting Actor for Yasuo Daichi (also for Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad) and a Japanese Academy Awards for Best Editing (Akira Suzuki) who won the award for this film and Brake Out, Love Bites Back and The Silk Road.^[1]