880-01 Tampopo = Dandelion / seisaku Nyū Senchurī Purodyūsāzu ; sakuhin Itami Purodajushon ; kandoku Juzo Itami ; [ a film by Juzo Itami ; written and directed by Juzo Itami ; produced by Yasushi Tamaoki and Seigo Hosogoe].
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Rikiya Yasuoka. Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Essay by food and culture writer Willy Blackmore in container. Features: documentary "The making of Tampopo" (1986), narrated by director Juzo Itami; new interview with actor Nobuko Miyamoto; new interview with food stylist Seiko Ogawa; new interviews with ramen scholar Hiroshi Oosaki and chefs Sam White, Rayneil De Guzman, Jerry Jaksich, and Ivan Orkin; "Rubber band pistol," Itami's 1962 debut short film; new video essay by filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos on the film's themes of self-improvement and mastery of a craft; trailer; new English subtitle translation.
Summary:
When a western-clad stranger passing through town finds the widow Tampopo's restaurant food intolerable, he stays just long enough to teach her to prepare the perfect noodle.
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