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