LAB CLASSICS: TAMPOPO
After multiple sold-out Film & Food screenings, Tampopo returns for another run at our cinema (albeit this time without the ramen). Tampopo is a delightful and innovative Japanese classic that masterfully blends comedy, romance, and food culture into a unique “ramen western,” offering a playful yet profound exploration of the joys and passions surrounding food.
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 (Nobuko Miyamoto) 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.
Tampopo
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