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.
Released: Nov 23, 1985
Runtime: 115 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka, Kinzō Sakura
Crew: Yasushi Tamaoki (Producer), Jūzō Itami (Producer), Jūzō Itami (Screenplay), Masaki Tamura (Director of Photography), Akira Suzuki (Editor), Seigo Hosogoe (Producer)