SC - Romantic Foods

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Tue Aug 10 20:58:27 PDT 1999


>  > Has anyone seen the Japanese film -Tampopo-?
>  >
>  > Mirhaxa >>
> 
> I've seen it, and found it not worth the reputation it has.  The acting, of
> course, was  of the oriental style: overly dramatic.  The dubbing didn't
> help.  It probably wouldn't have been quite so bad if I spoke Japanese.  The
> plot is that a young widowed mother runs a fast food shop serving Ramen type
> noodles. She is helped to develop the perfect recipe for the noodles by a
> rough and ready type truck driver who also keeps hoodlums from taking over
> the shop and comforts the widow in the time honored way.  (See "The Notebooks
> of Lazarus Long" by R.A, Heinlein)  It's interspersed with scenes of a zen
> teacher instructing a student in the proper way to appreciate Ramen noodles.
> 
> Mordonna

	'Dubbing'? Oh, ick. If you are willing to give it another chance some
time, try to get the subtitled version.

	Yumitori
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