Tampopo
1985 · TMDB 7.8 · タンポポ
Directed by Jūzō Itami
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.
Why it matters
A truck driver and a band of helpers coach a struggling ramen shop owner toward perfection in this playful, genre-bending comedy.
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Released
- 1985-11-23
- Studio
- New Century Producers
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 7.8
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