Tampopo

Original title: タンポポ

“The first Japanese Noodle Western.”

• 1985
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• 1h 55m
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• NR

• Comedy

★ 7.8 TMDB Rating · 461 votes

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.

Director

Jūzō Itami

Release date

Nov 23, 1985

Original language

Japanese

Origin

Japan