Tampopo (1985)

Name: Tampopo
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1985-11-23
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka

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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Released 1985-11-23 · 115 min · Comedy

Directed by Jūzō Itami

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki as Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto as Tampopo
Ken Watanabe as Gun
Koji Yakusho as White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka as Pisken
Kinzō Sakura as Shohei
Hyōe Enoki as Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu as Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe as Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara as Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao Hashizume as Waiter
Hisashi Igawa as Running Man
Toshimune Kato as Young Employee
Kenso Kato as Hira
Yoshi Katō as Noodle-making Master