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Tampopo [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Juzo Itami.

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Criterion Collection, 2017.

Cooking, Japanese -- Drama.

Cooks -- Drama.

Japan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 868.

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Two-DVD special ed.

1 videodisc (114 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.

Special edition features: New 4K digital restoration ; "The making of Tampopo", a ninety-minute documentary from 1986, narrated by director Juzo Itami ; new interview with actor Nobuko Miyamoto ; new interview with food stylist Seiko Ogawa ; new interviews with ramen scholar Hiroshi Oosaki and chefs Sam White, Rayneil DeGuzman, Jerry Jaksich, and Ivan Orkin ; "Rubber band pistol," Itami's 1962 debut short film ; new video essay by filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos on the film's themes of self-improvement and mastery of a craft ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; PLUS: an essay by food critic and culture writer Willy Blackmore.

"The first Japanese noodle western!"--IMDb.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Producers, Seigo Hosogoe, Juzo Itami, Yasushi Tamaoki ; written and directed by Juzo Itami.

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe and Rikiya Yasuoka.

"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 caf 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."--Container.

Japanese films.

Satirical films.

Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997.

Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936-

Miyamoto, Nobuko, 1945-

Yakusho, Kōji.

Yasuoka, Rikiya, 1947-2012.

Watanabe, Ken, 1959-

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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