Tampopo
1985 · Movie · 1h 55m · NR
Comedy
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
87/100
Key crew
- Jūzō ItamiScreenplay
- Jūzō ItamiDirector
- Kunihiko MuraiOriginal Music Composer
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
Stills
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Themes
widowrestaurantbusiness womanrestaurant ownerbullyingsenseifoodtruck drivererotic vignetteshoodlumfoodiestealing recipes