Movie · 1985

Tampopo

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

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Food as culture Culinary obsession Eccentric ensemble Satirical vignettes Roadside redemption Mentorship driven

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Release
1985
Runtime
115 min

Synopsis

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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