Tampopo

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Itami, Juzo, film director.

Watanabe, Ken, actor.

Miyamoto, Nobuko, actor.

Yamazaki, Tsutomu, actor.

Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures, Japanese.

Asians.

Foreign films.

Comedy.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (115 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) 1985

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2019

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

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 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. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. *"TAMPOPO is a thriving, celebratory and delightful classic that will leave you ravished by the end, for ramen, Asian cuisine or really, any form of sustenance." - Tina Hassannia, **National Post***

Participant:

Ken Watanabe, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Notes:

Title from title frames

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1985

OCLC:

1127238204

Publisher Number:

6793499 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license