Tampopo (1985)
"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.
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Movie Information
Release Year1985
Runtime115 minutes
StatusReleased
LanguagesJapanese
Production CountriesJapan
DirectorJΕ«zΕ Itami
Budget$1,500,000
Cast
Tsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoKen WatanabeKoji YakushoRikiya YasuokaKinzΕ SakuraHyΕe EnokiGΕ AwazuMario AbeIzumi Hara
Production Companies
New Century Producers, Itami Productions