| Tampopo (1985) |
Into Tampopo's ramen-bar trundles trucker Goro who, Shane-like, offers to make her the finest noodle-chef in Tokyo. This involves a Seven Samurai-style gathering of talent, military regimentation, and industrial espionage. On to this loose structure, Itami grafts a plethora of comic vignettes whose sole link is their focus on food: a Zen lesson in the proper way to contemplate, caress, and devour pork noodles (actually,spagetti);how to enhance your love life with salt, lemon and cream; ..... Time Out Film Guide (p.1089) |
| Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki: Goro Nobuko :Miyamoto: Tampopo Koji Yakusho: man in white suit Ken Watanabe: Gan Ryutaro Otomo: Ramen-eating-manner instrctor |
| Runnig time: 114 min Directed by Juzo Itami Scinario: Juzo Itami Release date: Novemver , 1985 |
| Based on the Kinema Jumpo, No.924,1985: Itami decided on Koji Yakusho as the man in a white suit, in "Tampopo", after watching Yakusho's starring in a TV serial drama in 1985. He said that while shooting the scenes for Yakusho, he had become fascinated with his facial expressions, stressing that he found him an actor of caliber, with sexual appeal and a sense of humour. He predicted that in the future, Yakusho would become an actor like Gary Cooper, if directed properly. Koji Yakusho says that it is his ideal to become a versatile actor like Tatsuya Nakadai, his acting teacher at the Mumeijuku Studio, so that he could act on stage, in films and in TV dramas. Yakusho's role in the film, "Tampopo" is that of a decadent hedonic gangster who treats his mistress just as if she were an object to satisfy his appetite for food. He appears in the film as an independent figure from the mainstream of the film. |
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| The DVD of "Tampopo"(English subtitles) & the DVD of its maiking (Satsuei Nikki) are now available |
| Updated on October 1, 2005 |
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| The making of TAMPOPO DVD is quite interesting. Mr. Juzo Itami introduces the making of some most impressive scenes from Tampopo in this DVD. Mr. Itami spends a lot of time in introducing the filming of the love scenes for Koji Yakusho and Fukumi Kuroda. |
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