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Tampopo (1985)

NR ★ 7.8/10 115 min Comedy Japan Japanese
Director: Jūzō Itami
Screenplay by: Jūzō Itami
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The first Japanese Noodle Western.

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto Tampopo
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe Gun
Koji Yakusho
Koji Yakusho White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka
Rikiya Yasuoka Pisken
Kinzō Sakura
Kinzō Sakura Shohei
Hyōe Enoki
Hyōe Enoki Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu
Gō Awazu Pisken's Henchman

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