Tampopo (Itami, 1987)

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dx23 · #1 Post by **dx23** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:12 am

I just noticed that Amazon.com is carrying a new version a Tampopo from Itami productions.

Is this an R1 version of the Geneon release?

feckless boy · #2 Post by **feckless boy** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:19 pm

I just received this edition of A Taxing Woman, also by "Itami Productions". It bears all the marks of a bootleg: the exact same menus as the Geneon disks, single layered, region free, not copy protected, the "Imp ID" is Nero (not Scenarist, Spruce etc) and the back cover looks like an edited scan of the Japanese (region code is 0 instead of 2).
I haven't seen their Tampopo disk, but...

dx23 · #3 Post by **dx23** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:38 pm

Did you ordered it from amazon?

feckless boy · #4 Post by **feckless boy** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:51 pm

dx23 wrote:Did you ordered it from amazon?

I sure did...

Michael Kerpan · #5 Post by **Michael Kerpan** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:07 pm

I think this is probably a bootleg version. I'm surprised that Amazon would be carrying it. (I see nothing to indicate that this apparent clone of the new Japanese DVD (but much cheaper) has been released by a legitimate company).

dx23 · #6 Post by **dx23** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:02 pm

It's not the first time that amazon.com has carried bootlegs (remember the White Dog DVD?). I was expecting that some company release Tampopo after the New Yorker DVD went OOP, but I'm not going to pay more than $5 to get a bootleg from the Geneon disc, even if this one has a better transfer that the previous version.

Barmy · #7 Post by **Barmy** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:22 pm

one of the worst "arthouse smashes" ever

dx23 · #8 Post by **dx23** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:01 am

Thanks again Barmy for your wonderful threadcraps!

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