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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.
Where to watch
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Cast
Tsutomu YamazakiGoro
Nobuko MiyamotoTampopo
Ken WatanabeGun
Koji YakushoWhite Suit Man
Rikiya YasuokaPisken
Kinzō SakuraShohei
Hyōe EnokiPisken's Henchman
Gō AwazuPisken's Henchman- Mario AbeRestaurant Owner
Izumi HaraOld Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao HashizumeWaiter
Hisashi IgawaRunning Man- Toshimune KatoYoung Employee
Kenso KatoHira
Details
- Director
- Jūzō Itami
- Writers
- Jūzō Itami
- Release date
- November 23, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Original language
- Japanese
- Studios
- New Century Producers, Itami Productions
