Japan Synopsis
マルサの女
“He has a Yen for her, but he won't tell her where it's hidden…”
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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Comedy + Crime in Japan
92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding A Taxing Woman itself).
The 1986–1988 Japan Window
A Taxing Woman holds position #53 of 99 Japan films in the 1986–1988 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Taxing Woman premiered alongside 26 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1987.
The 701st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
29 audience reviews — more than 49% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 25th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Taxing Woman, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- investigator · 3
- taxes · 1
- cat and mouse · 1
- unpaid taxes · 1
- satire · 9
- social satire · 6
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,795 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #943 of 1,411 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | New Century Producers, Itami Productions |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | February 7, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0093502 |