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