If you loved A Taxing Woman's Return, try Woman in Witness Protection

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Woman in Witness Protection has roughly 4.7× fewer votes than A Taxing Woman's Return — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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A Taxing Woman's Return

1988 · dir. Jūzō Itami

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Woman in Witness Protection

1997 · dir. Jūzō Itami

What they share

Both films are directed by Jūzō Itami, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Taxing Woman's Return, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Woman in Witness Protection is

Tokyo streets at dusk, neon lights reflecting off wet pavement, a solitary car horn blares. Biwako, a middle-aged actress, hides behind a new identity. A dark comedy from Jūzō Itami.

If you loved A Taxing Woman's Return, try Woman in Witness Protection

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Woman in Witness Protection

What they share

What Woman in Witness Protection is

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