Tampopo (2017)
- NR
- 01/09/2017 (US)
- Comedy
- 1h 55m
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Overview
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.