Movie·1985·1h 55m
Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: タンポポ
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.
Producer
Jūzō Itami, Seigo Hosogoe
Cinematography
Masaki Tamura
Music
Kunihiko Murai
Editor
Akira Suzuki
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tampopo
Ken Watanabe
Gun
Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka
Pisken
Kinzō Sakura
Shohei
Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao Hashizume
Waiter
Hisashi Igawa
Running Man
Toshimune Kato
Young Employee
Kenso Kato
Hira
Yoshi Katō
Noodle-making Master
Yoshihiro Katō
Man in White Suit's Henchman
Toshiya Fujita
Man with Toothache
Fukumi Kuroda
Man in White Suit's Mistress
// crew
Crew
Jūzō Itami
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Seigo Hosogoe
Producer
Yasushi Tamaoki
Producer
Kunihiko Murai
Original Music Composer
Masaki Tamura
Director of Photography
Akira Suzuki
Editor
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