1985NR· 115 min
Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Comedy
7.8 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: Jūzō Itami
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
Tags
1980s2angerapplauseaudiencebabybathtubbeachbeatingbicycling
