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.
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe
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Tampopo
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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Jūzō Itami
- Producers
- Yasushi Tamaoki, Jūzō Itami, Seigo Hosogoe
- Studio
- New Century Producers, Itami Productions
