Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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7.86%
1985-11-23
|Comedy
Runtime: 115 minutes
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.
Featured Crew
Jūzō Itami
Producer
Jūzō Itami
Director