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.
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Cast
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tampopo
Toshiya Fujita
Man with Toothache
Ryutaro Otomo
Ramen Master
Rikiya Yasuoka
Pisken
Hideji Ōtaki
Rich Old Man
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Masahiko Tsugawa
Supermarket Manager
Naritoshi Hayashi
Accompanying Man
Fukumi Kuroda
Man in White Suit's Mistress
Nobuo Nakamura
Old Gentleman
Mariko Okada
Spaghetti Teacher
Yoriko Doguchi
Pearl Diver
Ken Watanabe
Gun
Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man
Isao Hashizume
Waiter
Yoshi Katō
Noodle-making Master
Kenso Kato
Hira
Yoshihiro Kato
Man in White Suit's Henchman
Hitoshi Takagi
Restaurant Owner
Choei Takahashi
Salaryman
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
Kinzō Sakura
Shohei
Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
Hisashi Igawa
Running Man