Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
NR
Comedy
Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
Writer: Jūzō Itami
Release Date:
November 23, 1985
November 23, 1985
Ratings:
7.8 / 10
7.8 / 10
Director:
Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Companies:
New Century Producers
New Century Producers
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.
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