Tampopo
1985/11/23 (US) | Comedy
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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.
Jūzō Itami
Screenplay
Jūzō Itami
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,500,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- New Century Producers
- Itami Productions
Crews
Yasushi Tamaoki
Producer
Jūzō Itami
Producer
Masaki Tamura
Director of Photography
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Seigo Hosogoe
Producer
Kunihiko Murai
Original Music Composer