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"Tampopo" is a movie that most anyone will find quite funny, but it will be even more funny to those familiar with the Japanese people. (If you have ever had the opportunity/misfortune to try to eat mochi, this movie contains a scene that will have you rolling on the floor!) It is an excellent example of the ability of the Japanese to laugh at themselves, at those things that are peculiarly Japanese, and at their love affair with western (and particularly American) culture.The Japanese have long had a tremendous admiration for the nerve and individuality of the Americans. They admire those traits mostly because they are all but forbidden in Japanese society. Their love affair with the American Western film genre is on display in the main story line in which the lone good-hearted cowboy rides into town to save the damsel in distress. However, the movie is mostly a series of humorous vignettes on the foibles of Japanese culture. They are so funny because they remind us of the eccentricities present in our culture as well.
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