Tampopo
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
Genres
Comedy
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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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Budget
$1500000
Revenue
$--
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
115 mins
Rating
7.9/10
Release Date
23 November 1985
Country
Japan