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Comedy

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.

Release Date : 1985-11-23

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Century ProducersItami Productions

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles : DandelionTampopo: A Ramen Western

Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Character Name : Goro

Original Name : 山崎努

Gender : Male

Nobuko Miyamoto

Character Name : Tampopo

Original Name : 宮本信子

Gender : Female

Ken Watanabe

Character Name : Gun

Original Name : 渡辺謙

Gender : Male

Koji Yakusho

Character Name : White Suit Man

Original Name : 役所広司

Gender : Male

Rikiya Yasuoka

Character Name : Pisken

Original Name : 安岡力也

Gender : Male

Kinzō Sakura

Character Name : Shohei

Original Name : 桜金造

Gender : Male

Hyōe Enoki

Character Name : Pisken's Henchman

Original Name : 榎木兵衛

Gender : Male

Gō Awazu

Character Name : Pisken's Henchman

Original Name : 粟津號

Gender : Male

Mario Abe

Character Name : Restaurant Owner

Original Name : Mario Abe

Gender : Male

Izumi Hara

Character Name : Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese

Original Name : 原泉

Gender : Female

Isao Hashizume

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : 橋爪功

Gender : Male

Hisashi Igawa

Character Name : Running Man

Original Name : 井川比佐志

Gender : Male

Toshimune Kato

Character Name : Young Employee

Original Name : Toshimune Kato

Gender : Male

Kenso Kato

Character Name : Hira

Original Name : 加藤賢崇

Gender : Male

Yoshi Katō

Character Name : Noodle-making Master

Original Name : 加藤嘉

Gender : Male

Yoshihiro Katō

Character Name : Man in White Suit's Henchman

Original Name : 加藤善博

Gender : Male

Toshiya Fujita

Character Name : Man with Toothache

Original Name : 藤田敏八

Gender : Male

Fukumi Kuroda

Character Name : Man in White Suit's mistress

Original Name : 黒田福美

Gender : Female

Nobuo Nakamura

Character Name : Old Gentleman

Original Name : 中村伸郎

Gender : Male

Mariko Okada

Character Name : Spaghetti Teacher

Original Name : 岡田茉莉子

Gender : Female

Yoshihei Saga

Character Name : Salaryman

Original Name : Yoshihei Saga

Gender : Male

Setsuko Shinoi

Character Name : Old Man's Mistress

Original Name : Setsuko Shinoi

Gender : Male

Hitoshi Takagi

Character Name : Restaurant Owner

Original Name : 高木均

Gender : Male

Chōei Takahashi

Character Name : Salaryman

Original Name : 高橋長英

Gender : Male

Ei Takami

Character Name : Homeless Man

Original Name : 高見のっぽ

Gender : Male

Akio Tanaka

Character Name : Salaryman

Original Name : 田中明夫

Gender : Male

Masahiko Tsugawa

Character Name : Supermarket Manager

Original Name : 津川雅彦

Gender : Male

Hideji Ōtaki

Character Name : Rich Old Man

Original Name : 大滝秀治

Gender : Male

Naritoshi Hayashi

Character Name : Accompanying Man

Original Name : 林成年

Gender : Male

Yoriko Doguchi

Character Name : Pearl Diver

Original Name : 洞口依子

Gender : Female

Ryutaro Otomo

Character Name : Ramen Master

Original Name : 大友柳太朗

Gender : Male

Gilyak Amagasaki

Character Name : Homeless Man

Original Name : ギリヤーク尼ヶ崎

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-17

Nobuko Miyamoto is the eponymous lady who runs her small noodle bar always with the same regulars and... well it's all just a bit routine. That is until "Gorô" (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his young sidekick "Gun" (Ken Watanabe) arrive and decide they are going to help her realise her dream to improve her shop. Her emporium also serves as the lynch pin for a few tangential stories that focus around her customers and their need for food - and not only for nourishment, either! My favourite has to be the old woman who insists of squishing the life out of his produce then not buying anything - much to the chagrin of the poor shopkeeper. There is also quite a fun tale of an housewife on her deathbed who rises, just before the end, to cook her family a delicious dinner; and of a gangster - clad in a white suit, who finds quite an erotic way to use his dinner, too. It is funny and quirky, this film, with some really engaging performances and the two hours it takes just flies by.