A Taxing Woman's Return

{{Infobox film

| name = A Taxing Woman's Return

| image = ATaxingWomansReturn1988Cover.jpg

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| director = Juzo Itami

| producer = {{plainlist|*Juzo Itami

• Yasushi Tamaoki
• Seigo Hosogoe{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}}}

| screenplay = Juzo Itami{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}

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| starring = {{plainlist|*Nobuko Miyamoto

• Rentarō Mikuni
• Toru Masuoka
• Masahiko Tsugawa}}

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| music = Toshiyuki Honda{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}

| cinematography = Yonezo Maeda{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}

| editing = Akira Suzuki{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}

| studio = Itami Production{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}

| distributor = Toho

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1988|1|15|Japan}}

| runtime = 128 minutes{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=358}}

| country = Japan

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{{nihongo|A Taxing Woman's Return|マルサの女2|Marusa no onna 2|lead=yes}} is a 1988 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It is the sequel to Itami's 1987 comedy A Taxing Woman. Nobuko Miyamoto plays female government tax investigator Ryoko Itakura. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=14788|title=マルサの女2|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム|access-date=2 November 2019}}