Tampopo [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Tampopo [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Juzo Itami Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto
, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki
, Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho
, Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe
Juzo Itami
Tampopo [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Tampopo [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Juzo Itami Cast: Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto
, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki
, Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho
, Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe
Juzo Itami

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Overview

The sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring several intersecting stories all related to food. Tsutomu Yamazaki plays Goro, a truck driver who helps a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) improve her noodle restaurant. Over the course of the film, the story drifts around, not only following the stories of Tampopo, her son, and Goro, but also a number of customers who come through the diner, including an old woman (Izumi Hara) who insists on squeezing the cheese at a market and a criminal (Ken Watanabe) with a food-based kink. Tampopo was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/25/2017
UPC: 0715515195911
Original Release: 1985
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Language: English
Time: 1:54:00
Sales rank: 721

Special Features

New 4k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; The Making of "Tampopo," a ninety-minute documentary from 1986, narrated by Director Juzo Itami; New interview with actor Nobuko Miyamoto; New interview with food stylist Seiko Ogawa; New interviews with ramen scholar Hiroshi Oosaki and chefs Sam White, Rayneil De Guzman, Jerry Jakisch, and Ivan Orkin; Rubber Band Pistol, Itami's 1962 debut short film; New video essay by filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos on the film's themes of self-emprovement and mastery of a craft; Trailer; New English Subtitle Translation; Plus: An essay by food and culture writer Willy Blackmore

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Nobuko Miyamoto Tampopo
Tsutomu Yamazaki Goro
Koji Yakusho Man in White Suit
Ken Watanabe Gun
Rikiya Yasuoka Pisken
Kinzoh Sakura Actor
Shuji Otaki Actor
Akira Kubo Restaurant Owner
Shuji Otake Rich Old Man
Choei Takahashi Company's Staff
Masahiko Tsugawa Supermarket's Manager
Kunihiko Murai Composer

Technical Credits
Seigo Hosogoe Producer
Juzo Itami Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Yasushi Tamaoki Producer
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