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Tampopo (1985)

Directed by Juzo Itami

Comedy

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, elisabethwithns

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.

Rated NR | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Tsutomu Yamazaki | Nobuko Miyamoto | Ken Watanabe | Koji Yakusho | Rikiya Yasuoka | Kinzoh Sakura | Hyôe Enoki | Gô Awazu | Mario Abe | Sen Hara | Isao Hashizume | Hisashi Igawa | Toshimune Kato | Kensô Katô | Yoshi Katô | Yoshihiro Katô | Toshiya Fujita | Fukumi Kuroda | Nobuo Nakamura | Mariko Okada | Yoshihei Saga | Setsuko Shinoi | Hitoshi Takagi | Chôei Takahashi | Ei Takami | Akio Tanaka | Masahiko Tsugawa | Hideji Ôtaki | Narutoshi Hayashi | Yoriko Dôguchi | Ryutaro Otomo | Gilyak Amagasaki

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

So happy I had a chance to see this on the big screen. Criterion restoration looks terrific. I believe this movie gets better each time I see it.

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