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.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-11-23
- Duration
- 01:55
- Categories
- Comedy
- Studios
- New Century Producers, Itami Productions
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Status
- Released
- Original title
- タンポポ
- Votes
- 423
- Budget
- $1,500,000
Top cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobuko Miyamoto
Ken Watanabe
Koji Yakusho
Rikiya Yasuoka
Kinzō Sakura
Hyōe Enoki
Gō Awazu
Mario Abe
Izumi Hara
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