![]() ![]() Tampopo, a widow and single mother, claws her way to victory-and to culinary perfection-with the help of an urban cowboy all-night truck driver, Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki) his sidekick Gun (Ken Watanabe) a contractor with a knack for decoration, Pisuken (Rikiya Yasuoka) a ramen guru so revered he is referred to only as the Master, or Sensei (Yoshi Kato) and Shohei (Kinzo Sakura), a noodle-chef/chauffeur loaned out by a ramen-loving rich old man. ![]() ![]() That should give you some idea of this movie’s glorious, revitalizing incongruities. Imagine Seven Samurai in 1980s Tokyo, where the goal is not to save peasants from bandits but to avenge insults to Tampopo’s cooking skills and to save her noodle shop from established, high-powered competition. Tampopo, which means “Dandelion,” is the name of the heroine, played by Nobuko Miyamoto (Itami’s wife). “Revenge is a dish best served cold,” goes the old Sicilian proverb, but in Tampopo, the story of a plucky widow who learns how to cook and sell the best ramen in Tokyo, revenge is best served in a steaming hot broth, with noodles that are left standing overnight, then rolled three times, and adorned with perfectly cut slivers of pork and scallions. In a new 4K restoration, Tampopo is more vivid and seductive than ever: a garden of sensual delights that plays like a romp through a surreal amusement park. If Itami had managed to revive AromaRama or Smell-o-Vision, or had come up with scratch-and-sniff cards to match the scents of soy, onion and wasabi, the movie might never have stopped running. More than wacky and funny, it’s flavorful. Director Juzo Itami drew on American noirs and gangster films and Westerns and probably comic books, too, to come up with a quintessentially Japanese lark that blissed out audiences around the world. Scorpion, Mehcad Brooks as Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Sisi Stringer as Mileena, possible appearances by Kabal ( Daniel Nelson) and Nitara ( Elissa Cadwell), and Lewis Tan starring as protagonist and newcomer (?) to the franchise, Cole Young.A gleefully sensual and inventive comedy, Tampopo was an art-house smash in 1987. Sub-Zero, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Max Huang as Kung Lao, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi a.k.a. That description namedrops a bunch of characters, most of whom we've seen in their own character posters (featured below) along with casting information for each of them: Ludi Lin stars as Liu Kang, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han a.k.a. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana-the immense power from within his soul-in time to save not only his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all? Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. The trailer itself lays out the familiar narrative just fine, but there are so many blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments that we had to revisit this video frame by frame to break it all down.įirst up, here's the official synopsis for Mortal Kombat:įrom New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure ' Mortal Kombat,' inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, ' Mortal Kombat 11.' In ' Mortal Kombat,' MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage-or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. ![]() The first bloody trailer for the new Mortal Kombatmovie is here, and holy kow are there a lot of characters to sort out. ![]()
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