Tampopo
タンポポ
“ The first Japanese Noodle Western. ”
CINEMA1985-11-23
RegionJP
Runtime115 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
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 li...
DIRECTOR / Director
Jūzō Itami
KEYWORDS
widowrestaurantbusiness womanrestaurant ownerbullyingsenseifoodtruck drivererotic vignetteshoodlumfoodiestealing recipeseastern philosophyramenfood culturesmall town cookjoyoushelping peoplewhimsicalridiculousjapanese restaurantramen noodles
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