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Tampopo [DVD] [1986] [US Import]

Ken Watanabe (Actor), Tsutomu Yamazaki (Actor), Jûzô Itami (Director) | Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
  • Directors: Jûzô Itami
  • Writers: Jûzô Itami
  • Producers: Jûzô Itami, Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki
  • Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, PAL
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Fox Lorber
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Nov 1998
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305154880
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 76,668 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good enough to eat 11 May 2004
By A. Stevens
Format:DVD
Directed by Juzo Iami this is a tremendously enjoyable, touching and stylish film exploring, amongst other things, the relationship between eating and sex (the scene involving a gangster, his moll and a raw egg has to be seen to be believed!).

At the heart of it all is a young widow named Tampopo (played by Nobuko Miyamoto) who is struggling to make ends meet by running a noodle restaurant. Ambling into the story to help her comes Goro, a genial John Wayne kind of urban cowboy (well, actually a truck driver), and together they set out to find the perfect ramen recipe.

Along the way Itami inserts a series of comic vignettes, lightly poking fun at stuffy bureaucrats, macho Japanese males, spaghetti westerns and, especially, the Japanese love affair with food. Wonderful stuff.

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Food, glorious food and much, much more... 28 Dec 2005
By "saponier"
Format:DVD
This is one of my favourite films of all time and never fails to pick me up when I'm feeling down. It has everything - a central story to warm your heart, namely, downtrodden noodlemaker and her bullied son meeting "Cowboy" Trucker Goro and his friend and begin the quest for the perfect bowl of noodles, interspersed with food reated stories that will make you laugh a lot and cry a little. Yes there is the celebrated and very sexy egg yolk scene - and very good it is too but the film is more than that.
Right down to the perfect closing credits the relationship between food and people is never forgotten. I never get tired of seeing this film, I love it.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly my favourite film of all time (well, top 3!) 13 Mar 2004
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Noodles, fighting, love, cowboys, trucking, tramps...

Basically the story of a bunch of misfit characters trying to beat the competition by perfecting the art of fast food noodles. At one level it's definitely a foodie movie, but there's something else here as well. At one point our heroes meet a bunch of down and outs musing over their own noodles and our guys are told "these people live life deeply". This somehow describes the je ne sais quoi of this movie for me.

Very funny, strangely moving and affecting. Really worth watching.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funnist cookery show ever
I have loved this film for years and decided it was time to replace my lost VHS with a DVD and renew my acquaintance with it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rick
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous film, finally on DVD
Tampopo is in my top 10 films of all time, watched so many times the VHS tape wore out. It's sexy, funny, charming - for food lovers everywhere.
Published 4 months ago by Kate Lord Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars sex'n'noodles
The search for the perfect recipe for soup and noodles gives the framework around which the other stories gently lean. Read more
Published 4 months ago by brilliana
1.0 out of 5 stars Not the original cut
The version I got was not not the original cut so omitted the famous crayfish scence, amongst othes which did conbfuse half the narrative. Dissapointing
Published 5 months ago by ARCHDUKE
5.0 out of 5 stars A clever comedy, rare indeed!
This is probably the best comedy I've seen in my entire life. It's extremely intelligent and symbolic, and with tons of humor. Read more
Published 16 months ago by AsiancCharm
4.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother with Ramen Girl, see the original
This is a quirky movie - in Japanese with subtitles - with sub plots running along in the story line. Read more
Published 18 months ago by codad1946
5.0 out of 5 stars Food, glorious food
A quirky film about food. The main story (there are several vignettes woven into it) is about a young woman, Tampopo, who has a noodle soup restaurant. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2010 by Suroor Alikhan
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy through Amazon or check what the seller is offering
The Fox Lorber version shown here is the original US import DVD. It's not technically perfect just more collectible. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2010 by M. Turner
4.0 out of 5 stars Good... but
An enjoyable film that portrays Japanese life in a noodle bowl (life could also be a minestrone, but that's a different story). Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by Ivan
5.0 out of 5 stars Warm, distinctive and funny
Tampopo is a rare thing indeed: a film with a brain, a heart - and a stomach!

Milk truck driver Goro and his friend Gun stumble across a sleepy noodle bar, Lai Lai,... Read more
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