Movies / 1985

Tampopo

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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.

Release year: 1985
Released: Nov 23, 1985
Country: Japan
Genres: Comedy

Directed by: Jūzō Itami
Written by: Jūzō Itami
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki (Goro) · Nobuko Miyamoto (Tampopo) · Ken Watanabe (Gun) · Koji Yakusho (White Suit Man) · Rikiya Yasuoka (Pisken) · Kinzō Sakura (Shohei) · Hyōe Enoki (Pisken's Henchman) · Gō Awazu (Pisken's Henchman) · Mario Abe (Restaurant Owner) · Izumi Hara (Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese)

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Nov 26, 2025
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External identifiers

tmdb: 11830
letterboxd: 1SZe