
About
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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Nobuko Miyamoto is the eponymous lady who runs her small noodle bar always with the same regulars and... well it's all just a bit routine. That is until "Gorô" (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his young sidekic... read more
almost 2 years ago
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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
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

Isao Hashizume
Waiter

Hisashi Igawa
Running Man
Toshimune Kato
Young Employee
Kenso Kato
Hira

Yoshi Katō
Noodle-making Master

Yoshihiro Katō
Man in White Suit's Henchman

Toshiya Fujita
Man with Toothache

Fukumi Kuroda
Man in White Suit's mistress

Nobuo Nakamura
Old Gentleman

Mariko Okada
Spaghetti Teacher
Yoshihei Saga
Salaryman
Setsuko Shinoi
Old Man's Mistress

Hitoshi Takagi
Restaurant Owner

Chōei Takahashi
Salaryman
Ei Takami
Homeless Man
Akio Tanaka
Salaryman

Masahiko Tsugawa
Supermarket Manager

Hideji Ōtaki
Rich Old Man

Naritoshi Hayashi
Accompanying Man

Yoriko Doguchi
Pearl Diver

Ryutaro Otomo
Ramen Master
Gilyak Amagasaki
Homeless Man
Director

Jūzō Itami
Director
Kazuki Shirayama
Assistant Director
Creator

Jūzō Itami
Screenplay