Tampopo (1985)

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

• Comedy

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.

Rating

7.8 / 10 (467 votes)

Release date

November 23, 1985

Runtime

1h 55m

Language

Japanese

Director

Jūzō Itami

Status

Released