22 May 2009
Tormented
Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, is driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and bullied at school. He returns from the dead to pay his teenage tormentors a final visit.
Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
Top Billed Cast
山崎努 Goro
宮本信子 Tampopo
渡辺謙 Gun
役所広司 White Suit Man
安岡力也 Pisken
桜金造 Shohei
榎木兵衛 Pisken's Henchman
粟津號 Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe Restaurant Owner
原泉 Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
橋爪功 Waiter
井川比佐志 Running Man
Toshimune Kato Young Employee
加藤賢崇 Hira
加藤嘉 Noodle-making Master
加藤善博 Man in White Suit's Henchman
黒田福美 Man in White Suit's mistress
中村伸郎 Old Gentleman
岡田茉莉子 Spaghetti Teacher
Yoshihei Saga Salaryman
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