Tampopo
1985 · 115 min · ComedyNR
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.
- Director
- Jūzō Itami
- Writer
- Jūzō Itami
- Released
- November 23, 1985
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
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