Tampopo
"The first Japanese Noodle Western."
1985-11-23
7.9
ja 115mComedy
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.
Producer
Yasushi Tamaoki
Producer
Jūzō Itami
Screenplay
Jūzō Itami
Director of Photography
Masaki Tamura
Editor
Akira Suzuki
Producer
Seigo Hosogoe
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Status
ReleasedBudget
$1,500,000Countries
- Japan
Companies
- New Century Producers
- Itami Productions
