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Tampopo
(1985)
The first Japanese noodle western!
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Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
Director: Juzo Itami
Writer: Juzo Itami
Language: English
Studio: Fox Lorber
Duration: 114
Rated: Unrated
DVD Release: November 1998

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.


Tsutomu YamazakiGoro
Nobuko MiyamotoTampopo
Ken WatanabeGun
Kôji YakushoMan in White Suit
Rikiya YasuokaPisuken
Hyôe Enoki
Mario AbeResutoran no shachô
Sen HaraOld woman, pressing Camembert cheese
Izumi HaraOld woman, pressing Camembert cheese
Gô Awazu
Isao HashizumeWaiter
Hisashi IgawaRunning man
Toshimune KatoYoung Employee
Kensô KatôHira
Yoshi KatôNoodle-making master
Yoshihiro Kato
Fukumi KurodaMan in White Suit's Mistress
Nobuo NakamuraOld Gentleman
Mariko OkadaSupageti sensei
Kunihiko MuraiComposer
Toshiya Fujita
Masaki TamuraCinematographer
Kinzoh SakuraShohei
Akira SuzukiEditor
Yoshihei SagaSararîman
Kinzô SakuraShohei
Setsuko ShinoiOld Man's Mistress
Hitoshi TakagiRestaurant Owner
Choei TakahashiSararîman
Ei TakamiHomeless
Akio TanakaSararîman
Masahiko TsugawaSûpâ no shachô
Hideji ÔtakiRich Old Man
Ryutaro OtomoRâmen no sensei
Yoriko DôguchiPearl Diver (uncredited)
Narutoshi Hayashi(uncredited)
Gilyak AmagasakiHomeless
Emiko KogoCustome Designer
Fumio HashimotoSound Recordist
Masatoshi SaitoSound Effects Editor
Midori KonumaMakeup Artist
Takeo KimuraProduction Design
Kyôji KônoSound Re-Recording Mixer
Genre: Comedy, Foreign
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0092048