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.
Genre: Comedy Actors: Akio Tanaka, Chōei Takahashi, Ei Takami, Fukumi Kuroda, Gilyak Amagasaki, Gō Awazu, Hideji Ōtaki, Hisashi Igawa, Hitoshi Takagi, Hyōe Enoki, Isao Hashizume, Izumi Hara, Ken Watanabe, Kenso Kato, Kinzō Sakura, Koji Yakusho, Mariko Okada, Mario Abe, Masahiko Tsugawa, Naritoshi Hayashi, Nobuko Miyamoto, Nobuo Nakamura, Rikiya Yasuoka, Ryutaro Otomo, Setsuko Shinoi, Toshimune Kato, Toshiya Fujita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yoriko Doguchi, Yoshi Katō, Yoshihei Saga, Zenpaku Kato Directors: Jūzō Itami Production: Itami Productions, New Century Producers
