Tampopo (1985)
"The first Japanese Noodle Western."
Comedy
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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.
Cast
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tampopo
Ken Watanabe
Gun
Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man
Rikiya Yasuoka
Pisken
Kinzō Sakura
Shohei
Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
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Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing C...
Isao Hashizume
Waiter
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Hisashi Igawa
Running Man
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Toshimune Kato
Young Employee
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Kenso Kato
Hira
Yoshi Katō
Noodle-making Master