Tampopo

Tampopo (1985)

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

Comedy

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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  • Release Date: 1985-11-23
  • Runtime: 1h 55min
  • Director: Jūzō Itami

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Tsutomu Yamazaki

      Goro

    • Nobuko Miyamoto

      Tampopo

    • Ken Watanabe

      Gun

    • Koji Yakusho

      White Suit Man

    • Rikiya Yasuoka

      Pisken

    • Kinzō Sakura

      Shohei

    • Hyōe Enoki

      Pisken's Henchman

    • Gō Awazu

      Pisken's Henchman

    • Mario Abe

      Restaurant Owner

    • Izumi Hara

      Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

    • Isao Hashizume

      Waiter

    • Hisashi Igawa

      Running Man

    • Toshimune Kato

      Young Employee

    • Kenso Kato

      Hira

    • Yoshi Katō

      Noodle-making Master

    • Yoshihiro Katō

      Man in White Suit's Henchman

    • Toshiya Fujita

      Man with Toothache

    • Fukumi Kuroda

      Man in White Suit's mistress

    • Nobuo Nakamura

      Old Gentleman

    • Mariko Okada

      Spaghetti Teacher

    • Yoshihei Saga

      Salaryman

    • Setsuko Shinoi

      Old Man's Mistress

    • Hitoshi Takagi

      Restaurant Owner

    • Chōei Takahashi

      Salaryman

    • Ei Takami

      Homeless Man

    • Akio Tanaka

      Salaryman

    • Masahiko Tsugawa

      Supermarket Manager

    • Hideji Ōtaki

      Rich Old Man

    • Naritoshi Hayashi

      Accompanying Man

    • Yoriko Doguchi

      Pearl Diver

    • Ryutaro Otomo

      Ramen Master

    • Gilyak Amagasaki

      Homeless Man

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