A Taxing Woman

	A Taxing Woman is a 1987 Japanese film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards. The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a tax investigator for the Japanese National Tax Agency who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders. The director reportedly was inspired to make the film after he entered a much higher tax bracket after his success with '' The Funeral''. A sequel, ''A Taxing Woman 2'', featuring some of the same characters but darker in tone, was released in 1988. Plot A female tax auditor, Ryōko Itakura, inspects the accounts of various Japanese companies, uncovering hidden incomes and recovering unpaid taxes. One day she persuades her boss to let her investigate the owner of a string of love hotels who seems to be avoiding tax, but after an investigation no evidence is found. During the investigation the inspector and the inspected owner, Hideki Gondō, develop an unspoken respect for each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Juzo Itami , born , was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films (one short and ten features), all of which he wrote himself. Early life Itami was born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi in Kyoto. The name Itami was passed on from his father, Mansaku Itami—who was a renowned satirist and film director before World War II. At the end of the war, when he was in Kyoto, Itami was chosen as a prodigy and educated at Tokubetsu Kagaku Gakkyū (; "the special scientific education class") as a future scientist who was expected to defeat the Allied powers. Among his fellow students were the sons of Hideki Yukawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. This class was abolished in March 1947. He moved from Kyoto to Ehime Prefecture when he was a high school student. He attended the prestigious Matsuyama Higashi High School, where he was known for being able to read works by Arthur Rimbaud in French. But, due to his poor academic record, he had to remain in the same class for two years. It was here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Funeral (1984 Film) is a 1984 Japanese comedy film by film director, director Juzo Itami. The film shows the preparations for a traditional Japanese funeral. It mixes grief at the loss of a husband and father with wry observations of the various characters as they interact during the three days of preparation. ''The Funeral'' was the writing and directing debut of Itami Juzo, and was an enormous success in Japan. It won five Japan Academy Prize (film), Japanese Academy Awards in 1985, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Tsutomu Yamazaki. It was nominated in a further five categories and also came first in the annual ''Kinema Junpo'' critics' poll. Plot Shinkichi Amamiya (Hideji Otaki) is a difficult 69-year-old man, married to Kikue (Kin Sugai). He dies suddenly of a heart attack, and it falls to his daughter Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and son-in-law Wabisuke Inoue (Tsutomu Yamazaki) to organize the funeral at their house. Among other things, the family have to choose a coffin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Moeko Ezawa Moeko (written: , or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. People with this name include: , Japanese singer and actress , Japanese professional wrestler who formerly used the stage name , Japanese ice hockey forward , Japanese basketball player Moeko Rakuyona, character in Yandere Simulator ''Yandere Simulator'' is a stealth action video game currently in development by American game developer YandereDev. The game centers upon an obsessively lovesick schoolgirl named Ayano Aishi, nicknamed "Yandere -chan", who has taken it upon ... {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hideji Otaki Hideji (written: 秀治, 秀司 or ひで次) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese writer and playwright , Japanese baseball player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese actor {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shōtarō Takeuchi Shōtarō, Shotaro or Shoutarou (written: 正太郎, 昭太郎, 正太朗, 章太郎, 庄太郎, 祥太郎 or 翔太郎) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese photographer , Japanese photographer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese writer , Japanese cyclist , Japanese manga artist , Japanese photographer , Japanese voice actor and singer Shotaro Mamiya (間宮祥太朗, born 1993), real name Shotaro Mawatari (馬渡祥太朗), Japanese actor , Japanese K-pop idol in NCT , Japanese writer See also * 7594 Shotaro, a main-belt asteroid Shōta Shotacon , abbreviated from , is, in Japanese contexts, the attraction to young (or young-looking) boy characters, or media centered around this attraction. The term refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein prepubescent or pubescent male characters ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Shotaro Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Machiko Watanabe is a feminine given name of Japanese origin. It can be written with the characters for ''know; wisdom'' (machi) and ''child'' (ko), although it can have a number of other different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Machiko may also be written using the katakana or hiragana writing systems. Possible writings 真智子, "true, wisdom, child" 真千子, "true, thousand, child" 真治子, "true, govern, child" 茉千子, "jasmine, thousand, child" 舞稚子, "dance, young, child" 舞地子, "dance, earth, child" 茉茅子, "jasmine, miscanthus, child" 茉智子, "jasmine, wisdom, child" People with the name , Japanese badminton player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese actress , Japanese triathlete a Japanese noble lady, scholar and memoirist, member of the Ōgimachi family of court nobles during the Edo period. , Japanese actress , better known by her stage name Machico, Japanese singer and voice actress , J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hideo Murota was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in ''Shinde mo ii''. Selected filmography Film 1953: ''Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki'' - Takagawa 1960: ''Bôso omote he derô'' 1961: ''Hachi-nin me no teki'' 1961: ''Shin jinsei gekijô'' 1962: ''Ankoku-gai saigo no hi'' 1962: ''Nerai uchi no buraikan'' 1963: ''Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai'' 1963: ''Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome'' 1963: ''Ankokugai saidai no kettô'' - Ishigami 1963: ''Asakusa no kyôkaku'' 1963: ''Showa kyokyaku den'' 1963: ''Yakuza no uta'' 1963: ''Tôkyô gyangu tai Honkon gyangu'' 1964: ''Wolves, Pigs and Men'' - Mizuhara 1964: ''Doro inu'' 1965: ''A Fugitive from the Past'' - Pressman 1965: ''Himo'' 1965: ''Kuroi neko'' - Sagawa 1965: ''Nippon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kazuyo Matsui is a Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university professor (special appointment), and lifestyle (household chores) adviser. Her married name was . She divorced her husband Eiichiro Funakoshi is a Japanese actor, ''tarento'', and presenter. He is represented with Horipro. He graduated from Nihon University Mishima High School and Nihon University College of Arts Film Department (in which he was classmates with Hiroyuki Sanada). His ... in December, 2017. She is represented by the Kazuyo Matsui Jimusho agency. Major films Major television programmes Dramas Bibliography References External links * * – Ameba Blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsui, Kazuyo Japanese actresses Japanese television personalities Japanese women essayists 1957 births Living people People from Shiga Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kiriko Shimizu Kiriko may refer to: People Kiriko Nananan, Japanese manga artist Kiriko Isono, Japanese comedian Kiriko Takemura, Japanese tarento, singer, and model known professionally as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Places Kiriko, Kenya, a settlement in Kenya * Kirkos, also spelled Kirikos, a district in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia * Kiriko Museum, a museum in Wajima, Ishikawa Other * Kiriko (''Overwatch''), a video game character appearing in ''Overwatch 2'' (2022) ** ''Kiriko'', a 2022 short film featuring the ''Overwatch'' character ''Satsuma kiriko is a style of cut glass, now a traditional Japanese craft. It was manufactured by the Satsuma clan from the final years of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period (1868–1912). Today, faithful reproductions are produced. History Sh ...'', style of cut glass {{disambiguation, geo Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hajime Asō is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname. Possible writings Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 始め, "beginning" or "start" 初め, "beginning" or "first" ;as a given name 一, "first" 元, "beginning" or "origin" 始, "beginning" or "start" 肇, "beginning" 基, "fundamental" 創, "genesis" 孟, "beginning" or "chief" 朔, "first day of month" 甫, "beginning" or "great" The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ People Given name , Japanese politician , Japanese musician, actor and comedian , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese politician , Japanese football player , first doctor to discover the Minamata disease , Japanese voice actor , Japanese manga artist; creator of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yasuo Daichi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1979. Selected filmography Films Television References External links * * 1951 births Living people Japanese male film actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	A Taxing Woman is a 1987 Japanese film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards. The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a tax investigator for the Japanese National Tax Agency who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders. The director reportedly was inspired to make the film after he entered a much higher tax bracket after his success with '' The Funeral''. A sequel, ''A Taxing Woman 2'', featuring some of the same characters but darker in tone, was released in 1988. Plot A female tax auditor, Ryōko Itakura, inspects the accounts of various Japanese companies, uncovering hidden incomes and recovering unpaid taxes. One day she persuades her boss to let her investigate the owner of a string of love hotels who seems to be avoiding tax, but after an investigation no evidence is found. During the investigation the inspector and the inspected owner, Hideki Gondō, develop an unspoken respect for each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Juzo Itami , born , was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films (one short and ten features), all of which he wrote himself. Early life Itami was born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi in Kyoto. The name Itami was passed on from his father, Mansaku Itami—who was a renowned satirist and film director before World War II. At the end of the war, when he was in Kyoto, Itami was chosen as a prodigy and educated at Tokubetsu Kagaku Gakkyū (; "the special scientific education class") as a future scientist who was expected to defeat the Allied powers. Among his fellow students were the sons of Hideki Yukawa and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga. This class was abolished in March 1947. He moved from Kyoto to Ehime Prefecture when he was a high school student. He attended the prestigious Matsuyama Higashi High School, where he was known for being able to read works by Arthur Rimbaud in French. But, due to his poor academic record, he had to remain in the same class for two years. It was here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Funeral (1984 Film) is a 1984 Japanese comedy film by film director, director Juzo Itami. The film shows the preparations for a traditional Japanese funeral. It mixes grief at the loss of a husband and father with wry observations of the various characters as they interact during the three days of preparation. ''The Funeral'' was the writing and directing debut of Itami Juzo, and was an enormous success in Japan. It won five Japan Academy Prize (film), Japanese Academy Awards in 1985, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Tsutomu Yamazaki. It was nominated in a further five categories and also came first in the annual ''Kinema Junpo'' critics' poll. Plot Shinkichi Amamiya (Hideji Otaki) is a difficult 69-year-old man, married to Kikue (Kin Sugai). He dies suddenly of a heart attack, and it falls to his daughter Chizuko (Nobuko Miyamoto) and son-in-law Wabisuke Inoue (Tsutomu Yamazaki) to organize the funeral at their house. Among other things, the family have to choose a coffin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Moeko Ezawa Moeko (written: , or in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. People with this name include: , Japanese singer and actress , Japanese professional wrestler who formerly used the stage name , Japanese ice hockey forward , Japanese basketball player Moeko Rakuyona, character in Yandere Simulator ''Yandere Simulator'' is a stealth action video game currently in development by American game developer YandereDev. The game centers upon an obsessively lovesick schoolgirl named Ayano Aishi, nicknamed "Yandere -chan", who has taken it upon ... {{given name Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hideji Otaki Hideji (written: 秀治, 秀司 or ひで次) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese writer and playwright , Japanese baseball player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese actor {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shōtarō Takeuchi Shōtarō, Shotaro or Shoutarou (written: 正太郎, 昭太郎, 正太朗, 章太郎, 庄太郎, 祥太郎 or 翔太郎) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese photographer , Japanese photographer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese writer , Japanese cyclist , Japanese manga artist , Japanese photographer , Japanese voice actor and singer Shotaro Mamiya (間宮祥太朗, born 1993), real name Shotaro Mawatari (馬渡祥太朗), Japanese actor , Japanese K-pop idol in NCT , Japanese writer See also * 7594 Shotaro, a main-belt asteroid Shōta Shotacon , abbreviated from , is, in Japanese contexts, the attraction to young (or young-looking) boy characters, or media centered around this attraction. The term refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein prepubescent or pubescent male characters ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Shotaro Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Machiko Watanabe is a feminine given name of Japanese origin. It can be written with the characters for ''know; wisdom'' (machi) and ''child'' (ko), although it can have a number of other different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write it. Machiko may also be written using the katakana or hiragana writing systems. Possible writings 真智子, "true, wisdom, child" 真千子, "true, thousand, child" 真治子, "true, govern, child" 茉千子, "jasmine, thousand, child" 舞稚子, "dance, young, child" 舞地子, "dance, earth, child" 茉茅子, "jasmine, miscanthus, child" 茉智子, "jasmine, wisdom, child" People with the name , Japanese badminton player , Japanese manga artist , Japanese voice actress , Japanese actress , Japanese triathlete a Japanese noble lady, scholar and memoirist, member of the Ōgimachi family of court nobles during the Edo period. , Japanese actress , better known by her stage name Machico, Japanese singer and voice actress , J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hideo Murota was a Japanese actor who specialized in playing villains and tough guys. In 1957, he signed a contract with Toei Studio and appeared in over 1000 films. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival for his role in ''Shinde mo ii''. Selected filmography Film 1953: ''Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki'' - Takagawa 1960: ''Bôso omote he derô'' 1961: ''Hachi-nin me no teki'' 1961: ''Shin jinsei gekijô'' 1962: ''Ankoku-gai saigo no hi'' 1962: ''Nerai uchi no buraikan'' 1963: ''Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai'' 1963: ''Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome'' 1963: ''Ankokugai saidai no kettô'' - Ishigami 1963: ''Asakusa no kyôkaku'' 1963: ''Showa kyokyaku den'' 1963: ''Yakuza no uta'' 1963: ''Tôkyô gyangu tai Honkon gyangu'' 1964: ''Wolves, Pigs and Men'' - Mizuhara 1964: ''Doro inu'' 1965: ''A Fugitive from the Past'' - Pressman 1965: ''Himo'' 1965: ''Kuroi neko'' - Sagawa 1965: ''Nippon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kazuyo Matsui is a Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university professor (special appointment), and lifestyle (household chores) adviser. Her married name was . She divorced her husband Eiichiro Funakoshi is a Japanese actor, ''tarento'', and presenter. He is represented with Horipro. He graduated from Nihon University Mishima High School and Nihon University College of Arts Film Department (in which he was classmates with Hiroyuki Sanada). His ... in December, 2017. She is represented by the Kazuyo Matsui Jimusho agency. Major films Major television programmes Dramas Bibliography References External links * * – Ameba Blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsui, Kazuyo Japanese actresses Japanese television personalities Japanese women essayists 1957 births Living people People from Shiga Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kiriko Shimizu Kiriko may refer to: People Kiriko Nananan, Japanese manga artist Kiriko Isono, Japanese comedian Kiriko Takemura, Japanese tarento, singer, and model known professionally as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Places Kiriko, Kenya, a settlement in Kenya * Kirkos, also spelled Kirikos, a district in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia * Kiriko Museum, a museum in Wajima, Ishikawa Other * Kiriko (''Overwatch''), a video game character appearing in ''Overwatch 2'' (2022) ** ''Kiriko'', a 2022 short film featuring the ''Overwatch'' character ''Satsuma kiriko is a style of cut glass, now a traditional Japanese craft. It was manufactured by the Satsuma clan from the final years of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period (1868–1912). Today, faithful reproductions are produced. History Sh ...'', style of cut glass {{disambiguation, geo Japanese feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hajime Asō is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) is a surname. Possible writings Hajime can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 始め, "beginning" or "start" 初め, "beginning" or "first" ;as a given name 一, "first" 元, "beginning" or "origin" 始, "beginning" or "start" 肇, "beginning" 基, "fundamental" 創, "genesis" 孟, "beginning" or "chief" 朔, "first day of month" 甫, "beginning" or "great" The name can also be written in hiragana as はじめ and katakana as ハジメ People Given name , Japanese politician , Japanese musician, actor and comedian , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese politician , Japanese football player , first doctor to discover the Minamata disease , Japanese voice actor , Japanese manga artist; creator of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yasuo Daichi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1979. Selected filmography Films Television References External links * * 1951 births Living people Japanese male film actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]