Tampopo

Tampopo

ja
PG-13

7.8

November 1985

Comedy

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.

Runtime:

1 hour 55 minutes

Status:

Released

Original Language:

ja

Budget:

$1,500,000.00

Revenue:

N/A

Director:

Jūzō Itami

Cast