A Taxing Woman 1987 123movies

Watch: マルサの女 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt. Her job is complicated by a growing sympathy for the rogue and by political pressure to lay off..
Plot: 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.
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	7.3/10 Votes: 2,022
	75% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 24 Popularity: 3.066 | TMDB

Reviews:

Beware The Tax Inspector
This film from director Juzo Itami, who also directed the excellent “The Funeral” is about Ryoko Itakura, a cute freckle faced bowl haircut style tax investigator. She tries innovative ways to separate people from their hidden earnings, which is, after all, her job. Nobuko Miyamoto, who plays Ryoko, is great, always looking like the only important thing is the job. When she gets promoted to Tax Inspector her job with her new colleagues is to investigate developer Hideko Gondo, played extremely well by Tsutomu Yamazaki, to find out how he is cheating on his taxes. Gondo is, of course, shrewd about hiding his money, so you’re left to wonder whether they will succeed. This is essentially a comedy, with a little drama and a bit of erotica (not involving Ms. Miyamoto’s character), and it does have some heart. It falls short of “The Funeral” in that the character development, aside from Ryoko and Gondo, is a little weaker. But, for its subject, it is never boring and it is entertaining. I’m sure these people in Japan are as zealous as they seem in this film. Enjoy, its well worth your time.

A fascinating and unusual insight into Japanese culture
This film will probably take many of the viewers by surprise. Apparently the tax system and the art of cheating on your taxes in Japan is something most Westerners might be surprised to see. Sure, MOST cultures have some people who try to avoid taxes–this is pretty much a given. But the lengths to which they go in Japan and the lengths the tax investigators go to catch them is truly amazing and makes this film so unusual.

The tax cheat in the film, Mr. Gondo, is a complex and unusual man. In some ways, he’s a slimy man with little to like–owning a string of “love motels” (i.e., hotels where prostitutes go with their clients or couples commit adultery) and mistreating his mistresses pretty badly. But, oddly, through the course of the film, the viewer and the tax lady come to like him or at least recognize he isn’t all bad. This is important because otherwise, the film would have been far less interesting. Also, the many, many, many bizarre ways of hiding cash and bank accounts was truly bizarre–with hidden rooms and account information hidden practically EVERYWHERE! The lady tax investigator, Ryoko Itakura, is amazing as well–sort of like a superhero with amazing deductive powers. She is both tenacious and brilliant but also obsessed to the point where she doesn’t appear to have much purpose in life but her job. Again, this made for a fascinating woman, as later you saw bits and pieces of her life that led you to believe she is a real person with real likes and dislikes–and even a liking for Gondo.

All in all, this is one of the more unusual films I have seen–with a plot that is so unusual and a style that make it a standout film.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 7 min (127 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Comedy, Crime
Director Jûzô Itami
Writer Jûzô Itami
Actors Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa
Country Japan
Awards 23 wins & 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,494 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm