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Tampopo

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Original title

Tampopoaka

AKA

Dandelion

Year

1985

Running time

114 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Jūzō Itami

Screenwriter

Jūzō Itami

Cast

Music

Kunihiko Murai

Cinematography

Masaki Tamura

Producer

Itami Productions, New Century Productions

Genre

Comedy | Cooking

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 1987: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film

1987: National Board of Review: Top Foreign Films

1987: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

1987: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): 2 nominations

1986: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: Best Sound Recording.

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Tampopo

1985

Jūzō Itami

7.0

(1,126)