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my_spam_trap — 15 years ago(December 18, 2010 06:28 PM)
I loved this movie! I first saw it around 1990 and I keep coming back to it.
I have never been to Japan, and so I don't believe that an intimate knowledge of Japanese culture is needed to appreciate the film (though it probably helped).
As for the sexual stereotyping in the film, I agree, it's there. HOWEVER much of it is clearly satirical. If you have any question about whether director Juzo Itami sees the world the way that the characters are portrayed in
Tamopo
, I suggest that you also see
A Taxing Woman
.
I'm just a guy who sees some movies sometimes, whatever! -
billt61a — 12 years ago(October 30, 2013 02:23 PM)
It's been roughly half a decade since I've watched it even though I have the DVD. I'll have to watch it again. It's a brilliant movie, not much on plot, but full of highly entertaining vignettes, all revolving around food. The soundtrack is superior as well, lots of great classical music.
There are many great scenes, the young man ordering food in the European restaurant, the Western Noodle eating lessons, the ongoing Ramen Chef Training, the European makeover, I honestly could go on and on.
The movie is uniquely Japanese, yet at the same time has many elements of American westerns. One of those movies that shows how human beings, human cultures, have a lot more in common than prejudice would have us believe. -
Kawada_Kira — 10 years ago(April 13, 2015 03:39 PM)
LOVE IT!
One of my favorite movies ever, and I make sure that noodles are never far away when I go to watch it. I get hungry just from thinking about this movie, lol.
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of history.
-Mao Zedong