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The first Japanese Noodle Western. - Tampopo
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Title: Tampopo

Release Date: 23 Nov 1985

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Comedy

Director: New Century Producers, Itami Productions

Production Companies: New Century Producers, Itami Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.849 (358 votes)

Cast

  • Goro: Tsutomu Yamazaki
  • Tampopo: Nobuko Miyamoto
  • Gun: Ken Watanabe
  • White Suit Man: Koji Yakusho
  • Pisken: Rikiya Yasuoka
  • Shohei: Kinzō Sakura
  • Pisken's Henchman: Hyōe Enoki
  • Pisken's Henchman: Gō Awazu
  • Restaurant Owner: Mario Abe
  • Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese: Izumi Hara
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