Tampopo (1985)

Réalisateur:

Juzo Itami

Scénariste:

Juzo Itami (writer)

Release Date:

septembre 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

The first Japanese noodle western!

Plot:

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town...

Plot Keywords:

Cuisine | Breast Feeding | Death | Food | Kitchen

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

A classic of world cinema

Ensemble

Tsutomu Yamazaki	...	Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto	...	Tampopo
Ken Watanabe	...	Gun
Kôji Yakusho	...	Man in White Suit
Rikiya Yasuoka	...	Pisuken
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Mario Abe	...	Resutoran no shachô
Izumi Hara	...	Old woman, pressing Camembert cheese
Isao Hashizume	...	Waiter
Hisashi Igawa	...	Running man
Kensô Katô	...	Hira
Toshimune Kato	...	Young Employee
Yoshihiro Kato
Yoshi Kato	...	Noodle-making master
Fukumi Kuroda	...	Man in White Suit's Mistress
Nobuo Nakamura	...	Old gentleman
Mariko Okada	...	Supageti sensei
Hideji Otaki	...	Rich Old Man
Ryutaro Otomo	...	Râmen no sensei
Yoshihei Saga	...	Sararîman
Kinzoh Sakura	...	Shohei
Setsuko Shino	...	Old Man's Mistress
Hitoshi Takagi	...	Restaurant Owner
Choei Takahashi	...	Sararîman
Akio Tanaka	...	Sararîman
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	Sûpâ no shachô

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Dandelion (International: English title)

Durée:

114 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Australia:M | Canada:14A | Singapore:R(A) | UK:18

Company:

Itami Productions

Guillemet:

Man in White Suit: I'll kill you if you make that noise once the movie starts! Understand? And... I also don't like watch alarms going off.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in Sik san (1996)

A classic of world cinema

This remains one of the better comedies of all time due to star performances, a superb script, and many, many surprises. Above all, the pacing is some of the best seen in any comedy.

Tampopo has all the qualities of good story telling: a hero, a disciple, a quest.

And when your hero is a trucker, the disciple a woman in need of help, and the quest to cook the best noodles then you know you're in for fun.

In between all this are vignettes on how food and life mingle. It is more than simple laughs there are moments of poignancy, and genuine flights of imagination.

Many directors could do well to watch the ease with which the camera is handled here: the plot flows beautifully and the switches to the small vignettes are handled with suitable aplomb.

All in all a three course meal.