
“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.
TMDB ID
11830
Director
Jūzō ItamiOriginal Language
JA
Budget
$1.5M
Production
New Century Producers, Itami Productions