MOVIE
Tampopo
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Tampopo in its release era
Released in 1985, Tampopo sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1985-11-23
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 7.8/10
- Original language
- JA
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Japan
- Studio
- New Century Producers, Itami Productions
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