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Tampopo
1985 7.9 (373 votes) 1h 55m
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
New Century Producers
Itami Productions

Tampopo (タンポポ)

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Jūzō Itami

Director: Jūzō Itami

Producer: Jūzō Itami, Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki

Director of Photography: Masaki Tamura

Top Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki

Goro

Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto

Tampopo

Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe

Gun

Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho

White Suit Man

Rikiya Yasuoka
Rikiya Yasuoka

Pisken

Kinzō Sakura
Kinzō Sakura

Shohei

Hyōe Enoki
Hyōe Enoki

Pisken's Henchman

Gō Awazu
Gō Awazu

Pisken's Henchman

Videos

TAMPOPO | 4K Restoration 2016

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