TAMPOPO - DVD-1985-NOBUKO MIYAMOTO-CRITERION COLLE

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous “ramen western” by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges—our appetites. Interspersing the efforts of Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) and friends to make her café a success with the erotic exploits of a gastronome gangster and glimpses of food culture both high and low, the sweet, sexy, and surreal Tampopo is a lavishly inclusive paean to the sensual joys of nourishment, and one of the most mouthwatering examples of food on film ever made.
• Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Mario Abe, Sen Hara, Isao Hashizume, Hisashi Igawa, Toshimune Kato, Kensô Katô, Yoshi Katô, Fukumi Kuroda, Nobuo Nakamura, Mariko Okada, Yoshihei Saga, Kinzoh Sakura, Setsuko Shinoi, Hitoshi Takagi, Chôei Takahashi, Ei Takami, Akio Tanaka, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hideji Ôtaki, Ryûtarô Ôtomo, Yoriko Dôguchi, Narutoshi Hayashi, Jûzô Itami
• Director: Jûzô Itami
• Runtime: 1:54
• Company: Itami Productions, New Century Producers, The Criterion Collection, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie