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Tampopo
(タンポポ)
Two Japanese truck drivers help a widowed restaurant owner learn to cook amazing ramen noodles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Hyôe Enoki
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
(ミンボーの女)
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1992
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Yasuo Daichi, Akira Takarada, Takehiro Murata, Yuji Miyake, Shirô Itô
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
Supermarket Woman
(スーパーの女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1996
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Sen Yano, Shirô Itô, Yuji Miyake, Hikaru Ijyuin
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Taxing Woman
(マルサの女)
He has a Yen for her, but he won't tell her where it's hidden...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1987
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yasuo Daichi, Kinzō Sakura, Hajime Asô
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Funeral
(お葬式)
When a man's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1984
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Ôtaki, Isao Bitō, Midori Ebina
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Woman in Witness Protection
(マルタイの女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1997
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Kazuya Takahashi, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tohru Emori, Akira Nagoya
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Quiet Life
(静かな生活)
Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1995
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Hinako Saeki, Atsuro Watabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mihoko Shibata, Masayuki Imai, Tamaki Ogawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Last Dance
(大病人)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1993
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Rentaro Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa, Nobuko Miyamoto, Yoshiki Arizono, Tokie Hidari, Yoshihiro Katô
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Taxing Woman's Return
(マルサの女2)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tetsurō Tamba, Yasuo Daichi, Toru Masuoka, Kinzō Sakura
- Genre Comedy, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Tales of a Golden Geisha
(あげまん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1990
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Ôkôchi, Ryūnosuke Kaneda, Mitsuko Ishii, Hideji Ôtaki
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Rubber Band Pistol
(ゴムデッポウ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Juzo Itami
- Cast Akira Ichimura, Juzo Itami, Reiko Taka, Seigo Harada, Yoshihiko Sasamoto, Ryozo Shikama
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
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