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Tampopo (Criterion Collection) (1985)
Format: DVD Genre: Comedy Video, Foreign-Japanese
Tampopo (Criterion Collection)

Tampopo (Criterion Collection)

(1985)
Format: DVD Genre: Comedy Video, Foreign-Japanese Theme: Asian-American Heritage
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Tampopo (Criterion Collection)

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.

DVD FEATURES:

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • The Making of “Tampopo,” a ninety-minute documentary from 1986, narrated by director Juzo Itami
  • New interview with actor Nobuko Miyamoto
  • New interviews with ramen scholar Hiroshi Osaki; food stylist Seiko Ogawa; and American chefs Sam White, Rayneil De Guzman, Jerry Jaksich, and others
  • Rubber Band Pistol, Itami’s 1962 debut short film
  • New video essay by 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 and culture writer Willy Blackmore
Studio: Criterion Collection
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 4/25/2017
Theme: Asian-American Heritage
Item #: 1781029X
UPC #: 715515196017
Product Type: DVD
Rating: NR

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