Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

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SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

john_hugo Tampopo is a wonderful lighthearted film. There is no antagonist in the film except for possibly "insincere noodles". The film centers around the quest of a shy humble restaurant owner to improve her product. She has no idea what to do, until her hero Goro (a truck driver)arrives by chance in her restaurant and reluctantly agrees to mentor her in the art of noodle creation. Sounds boring, I admit, but it is not. The movie bounces from one absurd scene to another, with one common theme: food. There are even a couple of bizarre and hilarious sex scenes centered around food. Very funny stuff! It also features a very young Ken Wantabe in one of his earliest roles. If you don't mind subtitles, this is a gem of a film: a completely original comedy.

joje-22-810749 I saw this movie years ago, and here it is 2011, and I still think of it and recommend it to friends whenever the subject of Japanese films--or food movies--comes up. I won't mention the hilarious scenes that have stayed in my mind all these years. If you haven't seen it, you have a real treat in store. Just recommended it again today to a friend as we ate noodles in a Japanese restaurant--I must rent this movie and watch it again soon! What enchanted me was not just the main plot but all the interwoven vignettes about food customs and etiquette. I'm not sure whether this qualifies as a spoiler or not, but the one that stands out in my memory is about the young Japanese employee who commits a faux pas while at a French restaurant with his boss and colleagues. Also the one about the lovers who are still discussing a great meal as one of them is dying in the street.

njmollo Tampopo is a great movie. Pure and Simple. It is also very funny. The humour could be said to have been influenced by Jacques Tati. Without a doubt the director has an affinity with the French, as becomes clear with the line "You look like a film star! (pause) ....a French one."The vignettes within the main narrative are very funny. I particularly like the man rushing home to find his wife on her death bed yet orders her to cook for him and the children. Also the dramatic death scene of the Americanized gangster as his distraught girl-friend holds him in her arms.The main narrative is a humorous noodles love story that is beautifully played by all the cast.This is really wonderful film that shows how great writing, direction and acting are all that is needed to produced a classic movie.

John Kincaid Who doesn't love food?Itami Juzo's Tampopo is a heartwarming film about people who love, and are often obsessed with, food. The main narrative follows two truck drivers, Gun (Yamazaki Tsutomu) and Goro (Watanabe Ken) who stumble upon a run down, unpopular ramen noodle shop. The shop's owner, Tampopo (Miyamoto Nobuko), is running it all by herself and isn't too experienced in the "art" of making good ramen. After a brawl, Gun and Goro take it upon themselves to improve Tampopo's cooking and redefine her shop. The film not only focuses on this narrative, but is interspersed with brilliantly transitioned scenes of people's interaction with food: a white-suited yakuza (Yakusho Koji) and his mistress perform erotic acts with food, a group of homeless turn out to be master chefs, a young corporate subordinate upstages all of his superiors with his knowledge of French cuisine at an expensive dinner, an old lady sneaks around in a supermarket just to feel the food, among others.Never missing a step, Yamazaki Tsutomu fully embodies the character of Gun. His tough assertiveness, along with the willingness to fight and instigate others, gives him many of the characteristics that John Wayne's famous cowboy persona's had. In fact, the entire cast is filled with likable, charismatic characters. Tampopo is spunky, determined, and easy to root for–we want her to succeed in her quest for ramen- making perfection. Yakusho Koji is also a welcome presence with his depiction of the erotic possibilities of food; in one scene he cracks an egg and the yolk is passed around between his mouth and his beautiful mistress's. It is ultimately the way in which these characters are portrayed on screen that gives them such a likable presence. Food is universally loved–showing characters and their intense passion for food strikes a chord with everybody. It also makes you hungry.Itami's use of scene transitions is brilliant in its unobtrusiveness. Scenes suddenly shift without the viewer even noticing–it's seamless perfection. For example, there is a scene in which Tampopo is exercising outside under Gun's supervision when a group of businessmen in suits walks past. The camera decides to follow the businessmen to their destination, a French restaurant, to watch them order their food, then follows the waiter out into the main seating area where it stops to observe a group of women receiving a lesson on proper Western dining etiquette (eating without slurping…although a Western man in the restaurant is slurping his noodles loudly, much to the chagrin of the teacher). As the businessmen's waiter passes through, the camera follows him back to the business party. You can't help but enjoy the way this all works–the transitions make for a creative and ultimately successful approach to telling a story with multiple plot lines and random happenings.Itami created a masterpiece here, one that should be seen and loved by everyone. There are not many films that display the kind of warm splendor that Tampopo emanates. You cannot avoid smiling throughout the movie. The characters become deeply involving and one cannot help but feel connected with them. This is the ultimate film for food lovers. Try to avoid the pangs hunger while watching. I couldn't.