Tampopo
"The first Japanese Noodle Western."
November 23, 19851h 55m★ 7.8Released
Genres
Comedy
Overview
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.
Starring
Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Kinzō Sakura
Directed by
Jūzō Itami
Produced by
Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki, Jūzō Itami
Language
JA
Country
Japan
Budget
$1,500,000