Tampopo

7.8 1985 Jūzō Itami 1h 55m
Comedy
Tampopo

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 i

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki Tsutomu Yamazaki Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto Nobuko Miyamoto Tampopo
Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe Gun
Koji Yakusho Koji Yakusho White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka Rikiya Yasuoka Pisken
Kinzō Sakura Kinzō Sakura Shohei
Hyōe Enoki Hyōe Enoki Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu Gō Awazu Pisken's Henchman

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Tampopo

The Hundred-Foot Journey
The Hundred-Foot Journey 2014
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