Tampopo
Summary:
The sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring several intersecting stories all related to food. Tsutomu Yamazaki plays Goro, a truck driver who helps a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) improve her noodle restaurant. Over the course of the film, the story drifts around, not only follow... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ken Watanabe - (Gun)
Nobuko Miyamoto - (Tampopo)
Tsutomu Yamazaki - (Goro)
Koji Yakusho - (Man in White Suit)
Rikiya Yasuoka - (Pisken)
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Review:
A gleeful thumb in the eye of Japan's money-mad 1980s culture, Juzo Itami's masterpiece subverts all that is right and proper with food and sex. Dubbed the first "noodle western," the film concerns a craggy-faced Shane-like stranger (he drives a semi instead of a horse) who aids a young widow named Tampopo as she struggles to make the best bo... Continue >>
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