Film · Comedy
Tampopo (1985)
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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.
- Director
- Jūzō Itami
- Writers
- Jūzō Itami
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- November 23, 1985
- Original title
- タンポポ
Cast
Tsutomu YamazakiGoro
Nobuko MiyamotoTampopo
Ken WatanabeGun
Koji YakushoWhite Suit Man
Rikiya YasuokaPisken
Kinzō SakuraShohei
Hyōe EnokiPisken's Henchman
Gō AwazuPisken's Henchman- Mario AbeRestaurant Owner
Izumi HaraOld Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao HashizumeWaiter
Hisashi IgawaRunning Man- Toshimune KatoYoung Employee
Kenso KatoHira
Yoshi KatōNoodle-making Master
Yoshihiro KatoMan in White Suit's Henchman
Toshiya FujitaMan with Toothache
Fukumi KurodaMan in White Suit's Mistress
Nobuo NakamuraOld Gentleman
Mariko OkadaSpaghetti Teacher
