I have to admit that I, too, enjoy watching Tampopo's journey to becoming a good noodle chef more than the other side stories, but I appreciate what director Itami Juzo was going for. There are fun moments like the beginning of the movie where an old man describes how to appreciate a bowl of ramen, the businessmen in the French restaurant, the hobo cooking up an omurice for Tampopo's son, Tampopo saving a choking man by using a vacuum cleaner's suction tube, and Tampopo's final noodle exam treated with all the seriousness of the westerns the movie is spoofing. Watching this movie definitely makes you hungry for ramen!
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