Tampopo (1985)

Name: Tampopo
Director: Jūzō Itami
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1985-11-23
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho

Comedy

Director: Jūzō Itami

Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho

7.9

100%

Runtime115 min

Rating18

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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.

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Tampopo (1985) is a critically acclaimed comedy film directed by Jūzō Itami that has received universal praise, earning a 7.9/10 rating on IMDb and a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is a humorous paean to the joys of food, following a pair of truck drivers who help a widowed ramen shop owner transform her establishment into a paragon of noodle-soup making, interspersed with satirical vignettes about the importance of food in human life.

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Juzo Itami's genre-blending ode to the art of cooking and the human experience, seamlessly weaving together comedic vignettes and poignant character studies.

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Tampopo is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western.