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Tampopo

    Comedy
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Nov 23, 1985
Rated NR

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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  • Directors
  • Budget
    $1,500,000
  • Vote Average
    7.9
  • Vote Count
    347
  • Popularity
    10
  • Language
    日本語
  • Origin Country
    JP

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    • Cast

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    Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Goro
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    Nobuko Miyamoto
    Tampopo
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    Ken Watanabe
    Gun
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    Koji Yakusho
    White Suit Man
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    Rikiya Yasuoka
    Pisken
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    Kinzō Sakura
    Shohei
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    Hyōe Enoki
    Pisken's Henchman
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    Gō Awazu
    Pisken's Henchman
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    Mario Abe
    Restaurant Owner
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    Izumi Hara
    Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
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    Isao Hashizume
    Waiter
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    Hisashi Igawa
    Running Man
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    Toshimune Kato
    Young Employee
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    Kenso Kato
    Hira
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    Yoshi Katō
    Noodle-making Master
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    Yoshihiro Katō
    Man in White Suit's Henchman
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    Toshiya Fujita
    Man with Toothache
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    Fukumi Kuroda
    Man in White Suit's mistress
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    Nobuo Nakamura
    Old Gentleman
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    Mariko Okada
    Spaghetti Teacher
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    Yoshihei Saga
    Salaryman
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    Setsuko Shinoi
    Old Man's Mistress
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    Hitoshi Takagi
    Restaurant Owner
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    Chōei Takahashi
    Salaryman
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    Ei Takami
    Homeless Man
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    Akio Tanaka
    Salaryman
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    Masahiko Tsugawa
    Supermarket Manager
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    Hideji Ōtaki
    Rich Old Man
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    Naritoshi Hayashi
    Accompanying Man
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    Yoriko Doguchi
    Pearl Diver
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    Ryutaro Otomo
    Ramen Master
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    Gilyak Amagasaki
    Homeless Man

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    Reviews

    (1)
    CinemaSerf
    70%
    Nobuko Miyamoto is the eponymous lady who runs her small noodle bar always with the same regulars and... well it's all just a bit routine. That is until "Gorô" (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his young sidekick "Gun" (Ken Watanabe) arrive and decide they are going to help her realise her dream to improve her shop. Her emporium also serves as the lynch pin for a few tangential stories that focus around her customers and their need for food - and not only for nourishment, either! My favourite has to be the old woman who insists of squishing the life out of his produce then not buying anything - much to the chagrin of the poor shopkeeper. There is also quite a fun tale of an housewife on her deathbed who rises, just before the end, to cook her family a delicious dinner; and of a gangster - clad in a white suit, who finds quite an erotic way to use his dinner, too. It is funny and quirky, this film, with some really engaging performances and the two hours it takes just flies by.