A Taxing Woman
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.
Supermarket Woman
A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’t deserve it.
The Funeral
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Minbo
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.
Tampopo
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
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Jûzô Itami
Director
Naomi Oka
as
Biyôin no Onna Shujin
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Hanamura
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as
Hideki Gondô
Kiriko Shimizu
as
Kazue Kenmochi
Takashi Naha
as
Hikkoshi Kazoku
Hideko Hara
as
Pâto-san
Shingo Yanagisawa
as
Seinikubu Joshu
Akira Takarada
as
Inukai
Eijirô Tôno
as
Prime Minister
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
as
Assistant director
Kaoru Kobayashi
as
Inose
Tetsu Watanabe
as
Akechi
Ginji Gao
as
Wakagashira
Ken Watanabe
as
Gun
Rikiya Yasuoka
as
Pisuken
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