We call any old instant noodles ramen here in the West, but in Japan there are very definite rules as to what constitutes ramen and how it should be prepared. It is a deceptively simple but nourishing dish, like many great Japanese films.
When it released in 1985, “Tampopo“ launched the culinary movie trend best represented by the likes of "Babette’s Feast,“ ”Le Grand Chef,“ and ”Eat Drink Man Woman.“ It also predates the other great ”noodle neo-western,“ ”A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop.”
You will learn to respect and crave ramen in Juzo Itami’s newly 4K-restored "Tampopo.”
Few films are as willing to be as randomly goofy as Itami's ramen opera.
