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Tampopo
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.
1985 · Directed by Jūzō Itami · 115 min · Comedy · 18 frames
Tagline
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jūzō Itami
- Cinematography: Masaki Tamura
- Edited by: Akira Suzuki
- Music: Kunihiko Murai
- Produced by: Seigo Hosogoe, Yasushi Tamaoki, Jūzō Itami
Cast
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Goro
- Nobuko Miyamoto as Tampopo
- Ken Watanabe as Gun
- Koji Yakusho as White Suit Man
- Rikiya Yasuoka as Pisken
- Kinzō Sakura as Shohei
- Hyōe Enoki as Pisken's Henchman
- Gō Awazu as Pisken's Henchman
- Mario Abe as Restaurant Owner
- Izumi Hara as Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Production
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: New Century Producers, Itami Productions
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Themes: widow, restaurant, business woman, restaurant owner, bullying, sensei, food, truck driver, erotic vignettes, hoodlum
On this film
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