Tampopo

 

Year: 1985

Time: 115 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 868

Release Date: Tuesday, 25 April 2017

MSRP: $39.95

 

Blu-ray

1 Disc

1.85:1

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

Region A

 

 The Making of “Tampopo,” a ninety-minute documentary from 1986, narrated by director Juzo Itami   New interview with actor Nobuko Miyamoto   New interviews with ramen scholar Hiroshi Osaki; food stylist Seiko Ogawa; and American chefs Sam White, Raynell De Guzman, Jerry Jaksich, and Anthony Bourdain   Rubber Band Pistol, Itami’s 1962 debut short film   New video essay by Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos on the film’s themes of self-improvement and mastery of a craft   Trailer   An essay by food and culture writer Willy Blackmore