Japanese Film Club comes to Hackney in June

By   |  Jun 16, 2025

To celebrate the launch of the Japanese Film Club, they’re teaming up with Yokimono Japanese Market for a free all-day Japanese food, art and crafts fair on June 28 at The Factory in Dalston. Following that, you can head over to The Rio Cinema for a screening of Juzo Itami’s incredible ‘Tampopo’. The party continues into the night at The Vortex Jazz Club, where you can taste their brand new Japanese Film Club-branded beer produced by Osaka’s Derailleur Brew Works.

Tampopo / タンポポ (1985) – 6:15pm
The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe. This rapturous “ramen western” by Japanese director Juzo Itami is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges—our appetites. Tampopo is a lavishly inclusive paean to the sensual joys of nourishment, and one of the most mouthwatering examples of food on film ever made.

For full details and to book tickets, visit japanesefilm.club.

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