The heist film about tax evasion gets its own behind-the-scenes caper.
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman".
Direction
Itami's meticulous madness on full chaotic display.
Acting
Nobuko Miyamoto's deadpan genius in the making.
Director
Masayuki Suō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Masayuki Suō would later direct Shall We Dance?, making him the rare documentarian who became bigger than his subject.
In 1980s Japan, the National Tax Agency was genuinely feared; Itami's film turned them into underdog heroes, which this doc captures the cast barely believing.
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