A Taxing Woman's Return

A Taxing Woman's Return, also titled A Taxing Woman 2 (Japanese title マルサの女2, Marusa no onna 2) is a 1988 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Jūzō Itami. It is the sequel to Itami's 1987 comedy A Taxing Woman.

As in A Taxing Woman, Nobuko Miyamoto plays female government tax investigator Ryoko Itakura. In this film 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.

While retaining some of the comic elements of A Taxing Woman, the sequel is darker and angrier in tone, featuring corruption, intimidation and murder in addition to tax evasion.

The film was nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the prize for Best Editing.

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