The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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.
Screenplay: Jūzō Itami
Director: Jūzō Itami
Producer: Jūzō Itami, Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki
Director of Photography: Masaki Tamura
Goro
Tampopo
Gun
White Suit Man
Pisken
Shohei
Pisken's Henchman
Pisken's Henchman
TAMPOPO | 4K Restoration 2016