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.| Original Title: | タンポポ |
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| Status: | Released (1985-11-23) |
| Awards: | 6 wins & 4 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $224,097 |
| Screen: | Jûzô Itami |
| Productions: | New Century Producers, Itami Productions |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 70626: Tsutomu Yamazaki - Goro
- 70627: Nobuko Miyamoto - Tampopo
- 3899: Ken Watanabe - Gun
- 18056: Koji Yakusho - White Suit Man
- 136879: Rikiya Yasuoka - Pisken
- 552542: Kinzō Sakura - Shohei
- 229407: Hyōe Enoki - Pisken's Henchman
Crews
- 70629: Yasushi Tamaoki - Producer - Production
- 69167: Jūzō Itami - Producer - Production
- 69167: Jūzō Itami - Screenplay - Writing
- 70631: Masaki Tamura - Director of Photography - Camera
- 70632: Akira Suzuki - Editor - Editing
- 70628: Seigo Hosogoe - Producer - Production
- 69167: Jūzō Itami - Director - Directing
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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 drea ....
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