Tampopo [The Criterion Collection]

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Jitendar Canth

The first Japanese noodle western!
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 115 mins
Retail Price: £27.99
Release Date: 2017
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Juzo Itami’s offbeat, outrageously sexy, long-unavailable “ramen western”.

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 (A Taxing Woman) 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 mouth-watering examples of food on film ever made.

Special Features:
The Making of "Tampopo"
Nobuka Miyamoto
Seiko Ogawa
The Amateur and the Craftsperson
The Perfect Bowl
Rubber Band Pistol
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