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78% Critic Match
Tampopo
“The first Japanese Noodle Western.”
7.8 / 10• 1985• 1h 55m•NR• Japanese
Comedy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jūzō Itami's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tampopo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
