Tampopo
"The first Japanese Noodle Western."
Details
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.
- Genres: Comedy
- Language: Japanese
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Tsutomu Yamazaki , Nobuko Miyamoto , Ken Watanabe , Koji Yakusho , Rikiya Yasuoka , Kinzō Sakura , Hyōe Enoki , Gō Awazu
- Director: Jūzō Itami
