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Juzo Itami was attacked and seriously injured by a knife-wielding yakuza after this film was released. Its about the intimidation techniques of the Japanese mafia.

tireless, single-minded investigator for the Japanese Revenue Service, and her confrontation with a hotshot businessman who thinks he knows all the angles when it comes to cheating the government. staring Miyamoto (writer-director Itami's wife). The sequel, is delightful although the topic is corruption.

On my top 10 list. a Juzo Itami film. a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) is struggling to make ends meet by running a noodle restaurant. Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a truck driver, saves Tampopo's young son from being beaten by a group of school girls and is rewarded with a bowl of very bad ramen (noodles). Goro tells Tampopo the awful truth about her cooking and she asks for his help. Together they search for the perfect ramen recipe.

Juzo Itami film. A black comedy that chides solemn, traditional Japanese funeral rites. A modern Japanese family is compelled to hold a Buddhist funeral for its patriarch--who happened to own a brothel. When the family buys a video tape to instruct them on what to do and say at the funeral ...

Akira Kurosawa's classic has been copied many times but never matched. A classic. On the all-time short-list for movie buffs.