In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food, to an old woman who terrorizes a shopkeeper by compulsively squeezing his wares.... (Full plot summary below)
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In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food, to an old woman who terrorizes a shopkeeper by compulsively squeezing his wares.
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| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeThe film was a labour of love for all involved and it shows in every detail. |
| Houston Community NewspapersGary BrownA fan favorite for college foreign film series. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerThere's so much more to this movie than the storyline. Tampopo is a manic celebration of pleasure in every imaginable form, from the gustatory to the carnal. |
| National PostTina HassanniaTampopo is a thriving, celebratory and delightful classic that will leave you ravished by the end, for ramen, Asian cuisine or really, any form of sustenance. |
| The Retro SetNathanael Hood...one of the most gleefully unconventional, joyfully anarchic, and thoroughly original films of the 1980s. |
| FanboyNation.comSean MulvihillThis is a movie that is brimming with passion for life, love, movies, and food. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTampopo is one of those utterly original movies that seems to exist in no known category. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangThere are many love stories folded into this film's enjoyably meandering two hours, but "Tampopo" is above all about the romance of food, and the joyous, agonizing devotion and hard work required to tease out its manifold mysteries. |
| Village VoiceSerena DonadoniA biting satire of Japanese culture and its uneasy incorporation of Western influences. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelCandice RussellFood, glorious food -- its life-giving, sensual, aromatic and filling properties are celebrated in the wacky Tampopo. This Japanese film is without precedent, no matter what country you are talking about. |
