Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Overview
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.
Top 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
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