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Jūzō ItamiScénario:
Jūzō ItamiPhotographie:
Masaki TamuraMusique:
Kunihiko MuraiActeurs·trices:
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kōji Yakusho, Ryutaro Otomo, Hisashi Igawa, Mariko Okada, 橋爪功, 津川雅彦, Chôei Takahashi, 洞口依子, 大滝秀治, 加藤嘉, 原泉 (plus)Résumés(1)
Tampopo, une jeune veuve, gère, sans succès, un petit restaurant de « ramen » (soupe de nouilles). Sa vie va basculer le jour où un client, Goro, routier à la dégaine de cow-boy, décide de lui enseigner l'art et la manière de cuisiner les nouilles. Leur histoire croisera aussi les aventures érotico-alimentaires d'un homme en complet blanc, l'obsession compulsive d'une vieille dame, le dernier repas d'une mère de famille, un dîner d'affaires... (Films sans Frontières)
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While I usually enjoy Japanese films, this comedy about ramen, which is definitely more multi-genre than it might seem at first glance, didn't quite captivate me as much as I thought it would. It has good scenes, even from a dramatic standpoint, but overall, it felt a bit drawn out and not as fun as I expected. ()
Feel-good story (not only) about ramen and the framing of (seemingly) completely unrelated "bachelor" episodes about the relationship to food, its preparation and social significance. If you have even the slightest fondness for ramen in particular, it's sheer torture to watch, as an irresistible craving for it is whetted within the opening moments. And you'll be stifling that irresistible craving for it for the entire two hours and long after it's over. Inhuman and unbearable, but purely as a film, imaginative, playful and uplifting. ()
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