Tampopo (1985)
18
04/07/1994 (GB)
Comedy
1h 55m
- 79% (373 votes)
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The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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.
- Jūzō ItamiDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
タンポポ
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
$1,500,000
Keywords
- widow
- restaurant
- business woman
- restaurant owner
- bullying
- sensei
- food
- truck driver
- erotic vignettes
- hoodlum
- foodie
- stealing recipes
- eastern philosophy
- ramen
- food culture
- small town cook
- gastronomia
- recipes and preparation details
- helping people
- chef female lead
- japanese restaurant
- ramen noodles
Top Billed Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tampopo
Ken Watanabe
Gun
Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka
Pisken
Kinzō Sakura
Shohei
Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
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