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Tampopo (1987)

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Movie"The first Japanese Noodle Western."
Audience Score
78
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NR 1 hr 55 minMay 22nd, 1987Comedy
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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.
StarringTsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoKen Watanabe
DirectorJūzō Itami

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 22nd, 1987 - Buy Tickets
Movie Budget:$1,500,000
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:New Century Producers, Itami Productions
Movie Tags:
bullyingfoodwidowrestauranttruck driverhoodlumrestaurant ownerbusiness womanfood cultureramen