Tampopo

Directed by: Juzo Itami

Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Rikiya Yasuoka, Mariko Okada

Contributors: Kunihiko Murai, Masaki Tamura, Juzo Itami, Yasushi Tamaoki, Seigo Hosogoe

Key Features

• Format: Blu-ray / Restored
• Studio: Criterion Collection
• Catalogue No: CC2748BDUK
• Barcode: 5050629090536
• Main Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region A,B,C
• Release Date: 1 May 2017
• Originally Issued: 1987
• No of Discs: 1
• Weight: 106g
• Dimensions: 170 x 13 x 136 (mm)
• Genre: World Cinema
• BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over
• Rental/Retail: Retail not for Rental
• Run Time: 114 minutes

Description

Japanese comedy directed by Juzo Itami. When two truck drivers, Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and Gun (Ken Watanabe), stop at a noodle shop, they witness a young boy being beaten up and step in to help. When they discover that the boy is the son of the shop's owner Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), they also learn that her business is struggling and try to think of ways to help her out.

As they put their heads together, they come up with a plan to turn Tampopo's diner into a workshop providing lessons on how to make the perfect noodle soup.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Interviews with actor Nobuko Miyamoto, ramen scholar Hiroshi Osaki, food stylist Seiko Ogawa, and American chefs Sam White, Rayneil de Guzman, Jerry Jaksich, and Anthony Bourdain
• Making Of Documentary
• Other Documentary: 'Rubber Band Pistol' (1962 short)

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