Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
1985-11-23 | 115 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Tsutomu YamazakiGoro
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Nobuko MiyamotoTampopo
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Ken WatanabeGun
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Koji YakushoWhite Suit Man
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Rikiya YasuokaPisken
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Kinzō SakuraShohei
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Hyōe EnokiPisken's Henchman
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Gō AwazuPisken's Henchman
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Isao HashizumeWaiter
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Hisashi IgawaRunning Man
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Yoshi KatōNoodle-making Master
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Yoshihiro KatōMan in White Suit's Henchman
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Toshiya FujitaMan with Toothache
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Fukumi KurodaMan in White Suit's mistress
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Nobuo NakamuraOld Gentleman
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Mariko OkadaSpaghetti Teacher
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