DVD : Tampopo
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305154884
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305154880
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: November 24, 1998
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 52410
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-09
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Like seeds of a dandelion blowing in the wind, the plot of Tampopo wanders in several directions, following the lives of a quirky collection of characters. At the heart of this film is a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), who is struggling to make ends meet by running a noodle restaurant. Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a truck driver, saves Tampopo's young son from being beaten by a group of school girls and is rewarded with a bowl of very bad ramen (noodles). Goro tells Tampopo the awful truth about her cooking and she asks for his help. Together they search for the perfect ramen recipe.
Intersecting this part of the plot are several smaller and less well-realized stories. Koji Yakusho, who stars in Shall We Dance, appears as a sensuous gangster who would rather play with his food than eat it. Then there's the mysterious Noodle Master who lives with a group of street vagabonds and a young executive who knows how to order food from a French menu, but not how to preserve the dignity of his superiors.
While the film as a whole feels somewhat disjointed, writer-director Juzo Itami manages to infuse Tampopo (which means "dandelion") with a sense of Japanese joie de vivre that is worth experiencing. Take notes during the "soup scenes" and see what you can cook up for yourself. --Luanne Brown
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I loved this gem of a film. I was lucky enough to enjoy it with some family and my brother said this review title. This movie has alot of heart and fun. I like how the woman gets built up in confidence and the friendship the truck driver and ramen lady have together. It has been a while since I have seen it but it remains one of the better random foreign films I have seen.
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I was 1st introduced to this film in 2002 in my Japanese class, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is very random at times detracting from the main plot, but still as many other reviews have said, deals with food. The movie does make me hungry when watching it, which shows you it has some power to it. If you like noodles or have a good sense of humor check it out
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I have seen this Japanese comedy by Director Juzo Itami several times over the years, and for the first time ever, I felt a little bit sad afterwards when I watched it again tonight; especially when I realized that director Juzo Itami committed suicide in 1997. However, he left behind a wonderful film that is highly recommended. It has been a couple of years since I last viewed TAMPOPO, and after viewing it again last night, it just seems to get better and better with each viewing. For those wishing to purchase the film, I have the FOX LORBER DVD, which is out of print, but it is available from a different distributor. However, this is a good thing, because the price listed for this particular DVD is way too high.
There have been some excellent reviews of this film, and if you give it half a chance, I am sure that you will come to enjoy the film. I remember when I first purchased this film I was on the fence. I liked it, but not greatly. After a couple of more viewings, however, I realized what a wonderful film it was. And it only gets better with each viewing. The film opens up with actor Koji Yakusho [one of my favorite actors] in a theatre talking about food etiquette, and then seques into the film. It is in the films opening that the viewer is introduced to the films main stars: Truck driver Goro, his partner Gun, and noodle shop owner Tampopo [dandelion in Japanese].
Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and Gun (Ken Watanabe) are driving along the highway when ... Read More
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I am a great fan of the food film genre. This includes everything from LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (from Mexico) to EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (from Taiwan). TAMPOPO is a (more than) 20 year old Japanese film about the culture's love affair with and cultural connection to food. Particularly, ramen is showcased here (among other entrees). The film follows the chance encounter that two truck drivers, Goro (Tsutomo Yamazaki) and Gun (Ken Watanabe) have with Tampopo (translation: "Dandelion") (Nobuko Miyamoto), the owner of a small, failing noodle restaurant that they patronize one stormy night. Goro, the older, more experienced driver, agrees to help coach Tampopo in the art of gourmet noodle production, so she is truly a contender with her competition. Noodle making (and consumption) is truly a fine art, as well as a competitive sport. The provocative sub-plot juxtaposed with the plight of Tampopo is the relationship between a yakuza gangster (Koji Yakusho) and his mistress (Fukumi Kuroda). Food is central in their relationship, as well as in their love for one another. It is, both, metaphor and appetizer......
TAMPOPO's style is really hard to articulate in a simple review. Director Juzo Itami made this film a valentine and spoof of, both, the genre of spaghetti westerns (this, being the first "noodle" western of its kind--literally) as well as Japanese yakuza gangster films. It is at once satirically funny and poignant. Also, nothing is really what it seems. This ... Read More
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Besides a few major films created by such luminaries as Kurosawa Akira Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985) and a small handful of other films, the 1980s, although Japan's economy was booming, was a major dry spell for the Japanese film industry. Directors such as Oshima Nagisa were forced to look to other countries for financial support to create his films while the native film industry pumped its money into either foreign films or animation. It was because of this stagnant film industry that such directors as Miike Takashi, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, and Tsukamoto Shinya would soon make an impact with their direct to video releases; however, did the Japanese film industry have an outstanding director whose directing career spread across the 1980's? The answer is yes and that man was Itami Juzo. A noted actor staring in such films as Morita Yoshimitsu's The Family Game (1983) and Ichikawa Kon's The Makioka Sisters (1983), Itami Juzo was from a family with a rich history in film and made his directorial debut with The Funeral (1984) which cast a highly satiric eye at the economics of funerary practices in Japan.
In the west Itami's name is most often linked with the attack he received from members of the yakuza after the release of Minbo no Onna or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992) which ended with his face being horribly slashed because of his vitriolic depiction of the gangsters. Itami committed suicide in 1997 after tabloids reported that he was cheating on his wife with ... Read More
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starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
directed by: Juzo Itami
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305154884
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305154880
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: November 24, 1998
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 52410
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 1987-09
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