Tampopo

Tampopo (1985)

General1985/11/23 (JP)Comedy1hr 55mRating - 7.858/10
The first Japanese Noodle Western.

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.

  1. Jūzō Itami

    Producer

  2. Jūzō Itami

    Screenplay

  3. Kunihiko Murai

    Original Music Composer

  4. Akira Suzuki

    Editor