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30 November 2011 2:03 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

In our writers' favourite film series, Richard Vine finds his appetite is sated by Juzo Itami's classic 'ramen western'

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In the years since first stumbling across Tampopo, I've rewatched many other films many more times, but Juzo Itami's "ramen western" has always stayed in my mind. It was the first film I'd ever seen that seemed to want to do something more than stick to one linear story, that played with the language of film as it tried to do it all: to be a comedy and a drama, to show death, sex and food all together – sometimes in the same scene.

On the surface, it's a simple story – a cook tries to find the perfect recipe for making noodles – but along the way »

- Richard Vine

1 item from 2011