A Taxing Woman
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Masahiko Tsugawa, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki Director: Juzo Itami DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: Japanese (Unknown) Format: Dolby, NTSC Running Time: 127 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-05-17 Studio: Itami Productions |
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Movie Reviews of A Taxing Woman
Movie Review: Brilliant and fascinating...and funny
Summary: 5 Stars
Itami almost never disappoints and his skills have taken a big leap in this film since the time he made "Tampopo" (another must-see movie). A clever script gives a look inside a world must of us will never know--the high-end tax evasion and political corruption that finance the upper ranks of Japan. I spent several years in Japan (and learned more than I wanted, frankly, about the tax system) but this is a level I never saw, although I heard and read a lot about it, and Itami is not exaggerating here. These things really happen!
The actors are all wonderful, cast to perfection and fitting with Itami's slightly slapstick style perfectly.
Now if they'd just get "A Taxing Woman 2" out on DVD--it's 90%+ as good as this one--I'd be a happy man. And I'd be twice as happy if they'd re-release "Minbo no Onna," Itami's brilliant film about the yakuza extortion rackets. It got the yakuza so mad at him he was attacked and stabbed outside his home by a yakuza "street soldier."
Actually, I was surprised to see his relatively weak 1996 effort, "Super no Onna" is out on DVD, and these other, superior, films are not. Licensing decisions can be a real mystery.