Mastodawn

Forty years ago, director Juzo Itami unveiled his masterpiece, "Tampopo," showing us that ramen can be elevated to a gourmet dish and egg yolks can be used in, erm, very tantalizing ways. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/22/film/tampopo-40th-anniversary-ramen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #tampopo #ramen #chefs #japanesecuisine #japanesefilm #juzoitami

Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40

Four decades on, Juzo Itami's film remains unsurpassed as a wicked and delicious social commentary on Japanese society told through the lens of food.

The Japan Times

jetsilver Feb 5, 2024

#Bales2024FilmChallenge
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February 4th- Someone eating soup in a movie

Tampopo (1985)
Written and Directed by Juzo Itami

Gun (Ken Watanabe) learns from the ramen master.

#KenWatanabe #JuzoItami #Tampopo

Ricardo Harvin Jul 23, 2023

#NowWatching: #Tampopo, 1985, #DirectedBy #JuzoItami, a "#Ramen #Western" on #TheCriterionChannel

teledyn 𓂀 Feb 15, 2023

Shout out to @rythur for recommending "A Taxing Woman" - this is my recommended #ValentinesDay romance movie!

https://youtu.be/YE8n9ybN5Yk

>Original Cinema trailer for their (upcoming) June 1988 US release of Juzo Itami's satirical look at tax evasion in Japan, "A Taxing Woman".
#cinema #JuzoItami #romcom

"A Taxing Woman" - US theatrical trailer (1988)

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