Marusa no onna

1987 [JAPANESE]

Action / Comedy / Crime

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 86% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 2520 2.5K

satire taxes social satire investigator cat and mouse unpaid taxes

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Jûzô Itami Photo
Jûzô Itami

Top cast

Shinsuke Ashida Photo
Shinsuke Ashida as Kihachirô Ninagawa
Eimei Esumi Photo
Eimei Esumi as Kidôbu Tôkatsukan
Kan Yanagiya Photo
Kan Yanagiya as Shokuryôhinten Tenshu
Hideji Ôtaki Photo
Hideji Ôtaki as Tsuyuguchi
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1.14 GB
968*720
Japanese 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 5
2.12 GB
1440*1072
Japanese 2.0
M
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Juzo Itami was a brilliant comedic director who

Juzo Itami was a brilliant comedic director who could have done so much more. I think this may have been the movie that "killed" him.
Reviewed by R T 9 / 10

La heroína es una cobradora de impuestos (o

la heroína es una cobradora de impuestos (o sea ¿cómo?)
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

A not very valued film by an undervalued

A not very valued film by an undervalued filmmaker (Juzo Itami). A story about financial bubble, corruption and tax evaders that is still worldwide valid more than 20 years after its release. A comedy about a very sad reality.
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