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Tampopo

Original title: タンポポ

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

  • Movie
  • 1985
  • NR
  • 1h 55m

Directed by Jūzō Itami

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 469 votes

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Overview

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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Play trailer: TAMPOPO | 4K Restoration 2016

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Cast and crew

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki

    Tsutomu YamazakiGoro

  • Nobuko Miyamoto

    Nobuko MiyamotoTampopo

  • Ken Watanabe

    Ken WatanabeGun

  • Koji Yakusho

    Koji YakushoWhite Suit Man

  • Rikiya Yasuoka

    Rikiya YasuokaPisken

  • Kinzō Sakura

    Kinzō SakuraShohei

  • Hyōe Enoki

    Hyōe EnokiPisken's Henchman

  • Gō Awazu

    Gō AwazuPisken's Henchman

  • Mario AbeRestaurant Owner

  • Izumi Hara

    Izumi HaraOld Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

  • Isao Hashizume

    Isao HashizumeWaiter

  • Hisashi Igawa

    Hisashi IgawaRunning Man

  • Toshimune KatoYoung Employee

  • Kenso Kato

    Kenso KatoHira

  • Yoshi Katō

    Yoshi KatōNoodle-making Master

  • Yoshihiro Kato

    Yoshihiro KatoMan in White Suit's Henchman

  • Toshiya Fujita

    Toshiya FujitaMan with Toothache

  • Fukumi Kuroda

    Fukumi KurodaMan in White Suit's Mistress

Director
Jūzō Itami
Writer
Jūzō Itami
Music
Kunihiko Murai
Cinematography
Masaki Tamura