Released:
1985-11-23

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.

Director:
Jūzō Itami

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Tsutomu Yamazaki
  as
  Goro
• 
  Nobuko Miyamoto
  as
  Tampopo
• 
  Ken Watanabe
  as
  Gun
• 
  Koji Yakusho
  as
  White Suit Man
• 
  Rikiya Yasuoka
  as
  Pisken