Tampopo (1986)

Director: Juzo Itami  Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki  
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Product Summary
Publisher: Winstar
Format: VHS
UPC: 00720917013930
Buy.com Sku: 40099891
Item#: VWFJLV
Category Keywords: Action  Food  Romance  Theatrical Release 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: Subtitled
 
A delightful parody of american westerns and japanese samurai films.
 


Editor's Note

Billed as the "first Japanese noodle western," this comedy offers a satirical view of the relationship between food and sex, one of the director's favorite topics. Watch as a widow running a Tokyo restaurant and a cowboy hat-wearing truck driver try to make the perfect bowl of ramen. Highly acclaimed film from director Itami.


Plot Summary

"Tampopo" is a collection of comedic episodes, movie parodies, and sight gags about the pleasures of food. The widow Tampopo wants to revitalize her noodle shop by learning to prepare the ultimate bowl of noodles. But her cooking falls short... until a kindly truck driver, himself a noodle connoisseur, comes to her rescue.

 
Features
Letterbox - 1.85

 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Winstar
Release Date: 9/29/1998
Running Time: 114 minutes
Original Release Date: 1986
Catalog ID: 1393
UPC: 00720917013930
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: Japanese
Available Audio Tracks: Japanese
Available Subtitles: English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Koji Yakusho
Nobuko Miyamoto
Juzo Itami - Screenwriter
Juzo Itami - Director

 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"...Buoyantly free in form....[Itami] never stops trying. A funny sensibility is at work...?" 03/26/1987 p.C21

New York Times
Included in the New York Times "10 Best Films of 1987" 12/27/1987 p.II, 23

Variety
"...A thoroughly offbeat but most enjoyable comedy on the subject of food....It confirms Itami as a genuinely original comic talent..." 09/03/1986

Los Angeles Times
"...What's delightfully unsettling about TAMPOPO is its lubricious mix of the sensual and the satiric..." 06/24/1987 p.C1

Entertainment Weekly
"...An elusive search for the perfect noodle..." 11/28/2003 p.106

  
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