Tampopo

Juzo Itami / JP, 1985 / 114 min.

When Tampopo was first released to cinemas in the mid-1980s the consensus was that filmmaker Juzo Itami had created a cinematic masterpiece. Regarded as a classic, Itami’s hilarious frame story about the perfect noodle soup is now re-released. The Japanese satire on the spaghetti Western is a film about everything that makes life worth living, but the sensuality of food really drives the film.