Movie
Tampopo
“The first Japanese Noodle Western.”
Comedy
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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Details
- Directed by
- Jūzō Itami
- Released
- 23 Nov 1985
- Status
- Released
- Language
- Japanese
- Studio
- New Century Producers, Itami Productions
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Votes
- 463 on TMDB
Cast
Tsutomu YamazakiGoro
Nobuko MiyamotoTampopo
Ken WatanabeGun
Koji YakushoWhite Suit Man
Rikiya YasuokaPisken
Kinzō SakuraShohei
Hyōe EnokiPisken's Henchman
Gō AwazuPisken's Henchman- MMario AbeRestaurant Owner
Izumi HaraOld Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao HashizumeWaiter
Hisashi IgawaRunning Man- TToshimune KatoYoung Employee
Kenso KatoHira
