Tampopo

Tampopo (1985)

7.8 115 min Movie
Comedy

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.

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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
Mario Abe Mario Abe Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara Izumi Hara Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao Hashizume Isao Hashizume Waiter
Hisashi Igawa Hisashi Igawa Running Man

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