Director: Itami Jūzō
Screnplay: Itami Jūzō
Cinematographer: Tamura Masaki
Editor: Susuki Akira
Music: Murai Kunihiko
Cast: Yamzaki Tsutomu,
Miyamoto Nobuko,
Ken Watanabe,Yasuoka Rikiya,
Katō Yoshi
Production: Itami Productions
New Century
Distribution:
Films sans Frontières
70 Boulevard de Sébastopol
75 003 Paris
France
Tel: 0033 1 42 77 01 24
[email protected]
www.films-sans- frontieres.fr
Year: 1985
DCP, Color, 114 min, OV Japanese with French subtitles
Young widower Tampopo runs a second-rate noodle shop in a popular district of Tokyo. She is trying hard to lead an ordinary life until manly truck driver Goro steps by. As a food lover, he thinks preparation of a good soup is something which requires a lot of patience and talent. The day he stops at her restaurant, he tells Tampopo her noodles lack…guts! She persuades him to teach how to cook. The couple will live a series of strange adventures all linked to food and will meet many funny characters, such as this curious woman who sneaks into supermarkets to palp fruits and cheeses…or a young couple which has a rather original way of using eggs behind closed doors…
The movie’s flavor reminds the best of Japanese soups.