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.

Jūzō Itami

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki's headshot

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto's headshot

Nobuko Miyamoto

Tampopo
Ken Watanabe's headshot

Ken Watanabe

Gun
Koji Yakusho's headshot

Koji Yakusho

White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka's headshot

Rikiya Yasuoka

Pisken
Kinzō Sakura's headshot

Kinzō Sakura

Shohei
Hyōe Enoki's headshot

Hyōe Enoki

Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu's headshot

Gō Awazu

Pisken's Henchman

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