Monday, August 5, 2019

Tampopo

Tampopo (Jûzô Itami, 1985)
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Rating: Q=6, P=5 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=3, Scale 4=2

Japan, Food, Comedy, Parody

What a fun film! Japan truly has a love relationship with food and this film does a great job of showing it in many interesting and hilarious ways. I was hungry for Japanese noodles the entire time. It was also enjoyable to see how Itami referenced and parodied popular cinema, genres, and movie motifs.

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