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The surreally amusing vignette that opens the great 1985 Japanese comedy “Tampopo” now plays, more than 30 years later, like a remarkably prescient public-service announcement. A gangster in a white ...

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”Tampopo” (Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto; Juzo Itami, dir. Republic Pictures Home Video, 1987; color; subtitles. Running time: 114 min. Not rated. $79.95) Goro (Yamazaki) is a Japanese truck ...

Watching Juzo Itami’s 1985 film “Tampopo,” now gorgeously restored and back in theaters courtesy of Janus Films, I was reminded of a near contemporaneous Stephen Sondheim song, “Putting It Together.” ...

“Tampopo”: Imagine a foodie movie structured like a spaghetti Western. That is the delightful approach of Juzo Itami’s classic 1985 film “Tampopo,” about a mysterious drifter, complete with Man With ...

Yes, ramen continues to be the biggest thing to hit the New York City food scene, spawning the Ramen Burger and other spinoffs. That is why the new, 4K restoration of the hilarious and mouthwatering ...

Early in Juzo Itami's 1985 film Tampopo, a young man sidles up to the counter of a ramen restaurant, accompanied by an elderly sensei who, the narrator explains, has been studying the traditional ...

TAMPOPO is a beloved Japanese film from 1985 that is a paean to the joys of food. It will be screened next Tuesday, September 10th, as part of Movies for Foodies, a regular film series put on by the ...

Savor the delectable comedy Tampopo on a full stomach. Juzo Itami’s 1985 paean to the fastidious preparation and blissful consumption of food created an American hunger for Japanese cuisine, and can ...