Tampopo(1985)

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

79

1h 55m

  • Comedy

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.

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

  • Isao Hashizume

    Isao Hashizume

    Waiter

  • Hisashi Igawa

    Hisashi Igawa

    Running Man

  • Yoshi Katō

    Yoshi Katō

    Noodle-making Master

  • Yoshihiro Katō

    Yoshihiro Katō

    Man in White Suit's Henchman

  • Toshiya Fujita

    Toshiya Fujita

    Man with Toothache

  • Fukumi Kuroda

    Fukumi Kuroda

    Man in White Suit's mistress

  • Nobuo Nakamura

    Nobuo Nakamura

    Old Gentleman

  • Mariko Okada

    Mariko Okada

    Spaghetti Teacher

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    Status

    Released (Nov 23, 1985)

    Budget

    $1,500,000

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