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Tampopo (1985)

Tampopo (1985)

タンポポ
NR 115 minutes JA Comedy
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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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Koji Yakusho
Man in White Suit
Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Hisashi Igawa
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Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Sound Effects Editor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Production companies: New Century Producers, Itami Productions
Production countries: Japan
Budget: $1,500,000

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