Washington Psychotronic Film Society: Tampopo

April 27, Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents ramen western TAMPOPO (1985) upstairs at Stoney’s on P (1433 P St NW, Washington, DC), Janus Films trailer:

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• 6:30pm: Short Films & Videos

• 7pm: TAMPOPO (1985, Japan, 114m)

Written and directed by

伊丹 十三 JÛZÔ ITAMI (A Taxing Woman, The Funeral, Minbo)

A humorous paean to the joys of food! After stopping at a small, roadside ramen noodle vendor, a truck-driving stranger sets about helping the despondent, widowed shop owner to defy pressure to sell her shop and instead transform it into a paragon of the “art of noodle-soup making”. Meanwhile, a gourmet gangster gets kinky with live prawn, a ladies etiquette class learns to slurp spaghetti, and a man with a sore tooth shares ice cream with a young child.

poster: https://i.imgur.com/1JzUHf5.jpg

large poster: https://i.imgur.com/gUXdiZh.jpg

Japanese trailer:

No Cover. Mature Subject Matter for Immature Adults (Ages 18+).

Ana Lily Amirpour on Tampopo:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tampopo-1987

https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2023/07/food-sex-and-death/

https://outlawvern.com/2015/02/17/tampopo/

https://366weirdmovies.com/list-candidate-tampopo-1985/

https://www.pastemagazine.com/food/tampopo-and-the-joy-of-watching-people-eat

https://www.tohokingdom.com/reviews/driscoll/tampopo.html

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Tampopo

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