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Tampopo Films Sans Frontieres

Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Infobase, film distributor.
Films sans frontières (Firm)
Language:
Japanese
Genre:
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 49 min., 28 sec)) sound
Distribution:
New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1986]
System Details:
Streaming video file
System requirements: FOD playback platform
video file
Summary:
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares. Featuring Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken Watanabe, Rikiya Yasuoka. NBR Award for Top Foreign Films, National Board of Review, USA, 1987. Best Editing and Best Sound awards, Awards of the Japanese Academy, 1986. In Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Jûzô Itami. Japan.This film contains mature themes and explicit language and imagery. Viewer discretion is advised
Notes:
Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1986
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016
Title from distributor's description
Publisher Number:
56979 Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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