Tampopo
An inventive, humorous ode to the joys of food, this tale follows a pair of truck drivers who happen upon 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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Toshiya Fujita
Jūzō Itami
Kazuki Shirayama
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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.
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The directors of Tampopo are Toshiya Fujita, Jūzō Itami, and Kazuki Shirayama.
The cast of Tampopo includes Ken Watanabe as Gun, Koji Yakusho as White Suit Man, Hisashi Igawa as Running Man, Masahiko Tsugawa as Supermarket Manager, Yoshi Katō as Noodle-making Master, Izumi Hara as Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese, Yoriko Doguchi as Pearl Diver, Rikiya Yasuoka as Pisken, Fukumi Kuroda as Man in White Suit's Mistress, Nobuo Nakamura as Old Gentleman, Tsutomu Yamazaki as Goro, Hideji Ōtaki as Rich Old Man, and more.
The duration of Tampopo is 1h 55 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Tampopo trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
You can watch Tampopo on HBO Max (Subscription), HBO Max Amazon Channel (Subscription), Criterion Channel (Subscription), Kanopy (Free), Apple TV Store (Rent), Google Play Movies (Rent), YouTube (Rent), Fandango At Home (Rent), Apple TV Store (Buy), Google Play Movies (Buy), YouTube (Buy), and Fandango At Home (Buy). Check this Fanbiz page for the latest platforms.
Tampopo was released on 23 Nov 1985.
Tampopo is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
Tampopo has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
