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Tampopo(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-11-23
78%
413 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Budget: $1,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
New Century Producers
Movie: Tampopo
Top 10 Billed Cast
山崎努
Goro
宮本信子
Tampopo
渡辺謙
Gun
役所広司
White Suit Man
安岡力也
Pisken
桜金造
Shohei
榎木兵衛
Pisken's Henchman
粟津號
Pisken's Henchman
原泉
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Video Trailer Tampopo
Video: TAMPOPO | 4K Restoration 2016
TAMPOPO | 4K Restoration 2016
Tampopo Trailer
Ana Lily Amirpour on TAMPOPO
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TAMPOPO | 4K Restoration 2016 - Trailer
Tampopo Trailer - Trailer
Ana Lily Amirpour on TAMPOPO - Featurette
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