list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Tampopo on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Tampopo/34119/default.aspx Title: Tampopo
Year: 1986
Director: Juzo Itami
Plot: 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. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:28 GMTTampopo1986Juzo ItamiThe sophomore directorial effort from ill-fated Japanese filmmaker <a href="/players/P____95571/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Juzo Itami</a>, Tampopo is an off-beat comedy featuring several intersecting stories all related to food. <a href="/players/P____72007/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tsutomu Yamazaki</a> plays Goro, a truck driver who helps a young widow named Tampopo (<a href="/players/P___103124/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Nobuko Miyamoto</a>) 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 (<a href="/players/P____74900/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ken Watanabe</a>) with a food-based kink. Tampopo was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide12Tag Target (>10)8134http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t02216flswv.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Tampopo/34119/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/1/5/39095.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 1/5/2009 1:01:28 PM
Body: Ramen is a tricky subject to most Americans. On one hand, it means “Cup Noodle,” 24 packages for $2 and ingesting more sodium than once thought humanly possible. On the other, it’s downright delicious when served properly and with things aside from the dried peas or “flavor packets” that come with the cheap versions. (If you’re around New York, we recommend the Ippudo chain or Minca.) That said, there has only been one great film about ramen: Tampopo. A heart-warming tale of a truck driver helping a widow turn her ramen shop around, it is a regarded whimsical “noodle western” that proves even hobos can be culinary masters. And now, to round out the spectrum, there is officially the Worst Ramen Film: The Ramen Girl. Ramen stars Brittany Murphy as Flirty Bubbly Gaijin Girl who comes to Japan to be with her boyfriend. She’s quickly abandoned in lieu of something (we’re guessing Asian women) and discovers the healing power of ramen thanks to a cankerous old Master (Toshiyuki Nishida) and “Mama-San” (Kaori Momoi). Of course, there is no date set for a U.S. release, but if you’re in Japan, Singapore or the Netherlands consider yourselves lucky. Of course, maybe it will be a great film. And maybe ramen can teach us about ourselves. And maybe if I close my eyes and wish real hard, I’ll get a pony and a pink frilly dress with sparkles and made from dreams! Of course, it could just be easier for me to make Cup Noodle for breakfast, again. [via Kaiju Shakedown, Metafilter] Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:28 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com1/5/2009 1:01:28 PMRamen is a tricky subject to most Americans. On one hand, it means “Cup Noodle,” 24 packages for $2 and ingesting more sodium than once thought humanly possible. On the other, it’s downright delicious when served properly and with things aside from the dried peas or “flavor packets” that come with the cheap versions. (If you’re around New York, we recommend the Ippudo chain or Minca.) That said, there has only been one great film about ramen: Tampopo. A heart-warming tale of a truck driver helping a widow turn her ramen shop around, it is a regarded whimsical “noodle western” that proves even hobos can be culinary masters. And now, to round out the spectrum, there is officially the Worst Ramen Film: The Ramen Girl. Ramen stars Brittany Murphy as Flirty Bubbly Gaijin Girl who comes to Japan to be with her boyfriend. She’s quickly abandoned in lieu of something (we’re guessing Asian women) and discovers the healing power of ramen thanks to a cankerous old Master (Toshiyuki Nishida) and “Mama-San” (Kaori Momoi). Of course, there is no date set for a U.S. release, but if you’re in Japan, Singapore or the Netherlands consider yourselves lucky. Of course, maybe it will be a great film. And maybe ramen can teach us about ourselves. And maybe if I close my eyes and wish real hard, I’ll get a pony and a pink frilly dress with sparkles and made from dreams! Of course, it could just be easier for me to make Cup Noodle for breakfast, again. [via Kaiju Shakedown, Metafilter] Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Friends_of_Foreign_Flicks/Re_Foreign_Gems/591/30655/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: unclefestering
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Post Date: 6/6/2008 2:40:00 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] So you like to focus on one era or genre of filmmaking and soak in as much as you can at one time? I try to avoid that for just the reason that you mentioned. You get sick of them because you are comparing them all to each other and they almost all start to blend together in your mind. If I am interested in several movies from a certain era or movement, I will try to stagger my viewing of them over several months at least so that I don't see them all at the same time and have those negative effects. [/quote] When I find a genre I like I usually try to watch a group of them together because, expecially if you watch them in the order of release date, you can really make connections and see how one director influenced another and you can really understand how the conventions develop and change. If I want to follow an individual director, I will tend to space his works out with other movies, because an individual style over and over really causes burn out. I had to space out Dario Argento's movies, but I loved Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1978).
]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:40:00 GMTunclefesteringFriends of Foreign Flicks6/6/2008 2:40:00 PM[quote user="Risselada"] So you like to focus on one era or genre of filmmaking and soak in as much as you can at one time? I try to avoid that for just the reason that you mentioned. You get sick of them because you are comparing them all to each other and they almost all start to blend together in your mind. If I am interested in several movies from a certain era or movement, I will try to stagger my viewing of them over several months at least so that I don't see them all at the same time and have those negative effects. [/quote] When I find a genre I like I usually try to watch a group of them together because, expecially if you watch them in the order of release date, you can really make connections and see how one director influenced another and you can really understand how the conventions develop and change. If I want to follow an individual director, I will tend to space his works out with other movies, because an individual style over and over really causes burn out. I had to space out Dario Argento's movies, but I loved Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1978). http://www.spout.com/groups/Friends_of_Foreign_Flicks/Re_Foreign_Gems/591/30392/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 6/3/2008 12:30:58 PM
Body: [quote user="unclefestering"]I never saw either of those. I'll be honest here and say that the Suzuki movies I've seen were all at the tail end of my facination with Japanese movies. Part of my disappointment with Suzuki was that after I saw Tokyp Drifter and Branded to Kill, his other movies didn't live up to them. Part of that may have just been my mood at the time. I tried to leven out the Japanese film experience with lighter movies such as Tampopo and A Taxing Woman. After that I needed a break and watched a lot of action adventure stuff Including in an ironic twist, Battle Royale, before diving deep into German Expressionism.[/quote] So you like to focus on one era or genre of filmmaking and soak in as much as you can at one time? I try to avoid that for just the reason that you mentioned. You get sick of them because you are comparing them all to each other and they almost all start to blend together in your mind. If I am interested in several movies from a certain era or movement, I will try to stagger my viewing of them over several months at least so that I don't see them all at the same time and have those negative effects.
]]>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:30:58 GMTRisseladaFriends of Foreign Flicks6/3/2008 12:30:58 PM[quote user="unclefestering"]I never saw either of those. I'll be honest here and say that the Suzuki movies I've seen were all at the tail end of my facination with Japanese movies. Part of my disappointment with Suzuki was that after I saw Tokyp Drifter and Branded to Kill, his other movies didn't live up to them. Part of that may have just been my mood at the time. I tried to leven out the Japanese film experience with lighter movies such as Tampopo and A Taxing Woman. After that I needed a break and watched a lot of action adventure stuff Including in an ironic twist, Battle Royale, before diving deep into German Expressionism.[/quote] So you like to focus on one era or genre of filmmaking and soak in as much as you can at one time? I try to avoid that for just the reason that you mentioned. You get sick of them because you are comparing them all to each other and they almost all start to blend together in your mind. If I am interested in several movies from a certain era or movement, I will try to stagger my viewing of them over several months at least so that I don't see them all at the same time and have those negative effects. http://www.spout.com/groups/Friends_of_Foreign_Flicks/Re_Foreign_Gems/591/30230/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: unclefestering
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Post Date: 5/31/2008 1:34:20 AM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] All of the ones I have seen so far were released by Criterion Collection, so I feel like they have been presenting his best ones. Have you seen Gate of Flesh or Story of a Prostitute? I'm thinking about checking out of one of those next. [/quote] I never saw either of those. I'll be honest here and say that the Suzuki movies I've seen were all at the tail end of my facination with Japanese movies. Part of my disappointment with Suzuki was that after I saw Tokyp Drifter and Branded to Kill, his other movies didn't live up to them. Part of that may have just been my mood at the time. I tried to leven out the Japanese film experience with lighter movies such as Tampopo and A Taxing Woman. After that I needed a break and watched a lot of action adventure stuff Including in an ironic twist, Battle Royale, before diving deep into German Expressionism.
]]>Sat, 31 May 2008 05:34:20 GMTunclefesteringFriends of Foreign Flicks5/31/2008 1:34:20 AM[quote user="Risselada"] All of the ones I have seen so far were released by Criterion Collection, so I feel like they have been presenting his best ones. Have you seen Gate of Flesh or Story of a Prostitute? I'm thinking about checking out of one of those next. [/quote] I never saw either of those. I'll be honest here and say that the Suzuki movies I've seen were all at the tail end of my facination with Japanese movies. Part of my disappointment with Suzuki was that after I saw Tokyp Drifter and Branded to Kill, his other movies didn't live up to them. Part of that may have just been my mood at the time. I tried to leven out the Japanese film experience with lighter movies such as Tampopo and A Taxing Woman. After that I needed a break and watched a lot of action adventure stuff Including in an ironic twist, Battle Royale, before diving deep into German Expressionism. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/sex/MemberTagFilms.aspxsex
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