Tampopo
Directed by:
Jūzō ItamiScreenplay:
Jūzō ItamiCinematography:
Masaki TamuraComposer:
Kunihiko MuraiCast:
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kōji Yakusho, Ryutaro Otomo, Hisashi Igawa, Mariko Okada, 橋爪功, 津川雅彦, Chôei Takahashi, 洞口依子, 大滝秀治, 加藤嘉, 原泉, 池内万平, 高木均 (more)VOD (2)
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In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares. (Criterion)
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While I usually enjoy Japanese films, this comedy about ramen, which is definitely more multi-genre than it might seem at first glance, didn't quite captivate me as much as I thought it would. It has good scenes, even from a dramatic standpoint, but overall, it felt a bit drawn out and not as fun as I expected.
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Feel-good story (not only) about ramen and the framing of (seemingly) completely unrelated "bachelor" episodes about the relationship to food, its preparation and social significance. If you have even the slightest fondness for ramen in particular, it's sheer torture to watch, as an irresistible craving for it is whetted within the opening moments. And you'll be stifling that irresistible craving for it for the entire two hours and long after it's over. Inhuman and unbearable, but purely as a film, imaginative, playful and uplifting.
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