Movies: Yasushi Tamaoki

  • 1985
    Tampopo

    Tampopo (1985)

    Tampopo

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    In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making"...

    Tampopo
  • 1988
    A Taxing Woman's Return

    A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)

    A Taxing Woman's Return

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    Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath....

    A Taxing Woman's Return
  • 1987
    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman (1987)

    A Taxing Woman

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    Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his a...

    A Taxing Woman
  • 1989
    Sweet Home

    Sweet Home (1989)

    Sweet Home

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    A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife....

    Sweet Home
  • 1992
    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

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    An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials....

    Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
  • 1996
    Supermarket Woman

    Supermarket Woman (1996)

    Supermarket Woman

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    A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business....

    Supermarket Woman
  • 1984
    The Funeral

    The Funeral (1984)

    The Funeral

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    When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home....

    The Funeral
  • 1993
    The Last Dance

    The Last Dance (1993)

    The Last Dance

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    A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth o...

    The Last Dance
  • 1988
    The Making of

    The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" (1988)

    The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna 2" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman's Return"....

    The Making of
  • 1987
    The Making of

    The Making of "A Taxing Woman" (1987)

    The Making of "A Taxing Woman"

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    A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Marusa no Onna" a.k.a. "A Taxing Woman"....

    The Making of
  • 1989
    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home' (1989)

    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'

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    Great SFX Adventure: Take Me to 'Sweet Home'
  • 1986
    The Making of

    The Making of "Tampopo" (1986)

    The Making of "Tampopo"

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    Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985)....

    The Making of
  • 2007
    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces (2007)

    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

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    A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker....

    Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces