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Tampopo(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-11-23
78%
370 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Budget: $1,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
New Century Producers
Movie: Tampopo
Top 10 Billed Cast
山崎努
Goro
宮本信子
Tampopo
渡辺謙
Gun
役所広司
White Suit Man
安岡力也
Pisken
桜金造
Shohei
榎木兵衛
Pisken's Henchman
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