Tampopo (1985) — comedy film. Directed by Jūzō Itami. Starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 7.8/10 from 443 votes.
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A culinary journey intertwined with societal vignettes exploring food, desire, and human connection.
Comedy · 7.8/10 · 115 min · 1985
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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