Comedy
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.
Directed by
Jūzō Itami
Ken Watanabe
Gun
Mariko Okada
Spaghetti Teacher
Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man
Masahiko Tsugawa
Supermarket Manager
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro
Isao Hashizume
Waiter
Yoshi Katō
Noodle-making Master
Hisashi Igawa
Running Man
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tampopo
Yoriko Doguchi
Pearl Diver
Hitoshi Takagi
Restaurant Owner
Nobuo Nakamura
Old Gentleman
Hideji Ōtaki
Rich Old Man
Ryutaro Otomo
Ramen Master
Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
Chōei Takahashi
Salaryman
Rikiya Yasuoka
Pisken
Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
Kinzō Sakura
Shohei
Yoshihiro Katō
Man in White Suit's Henchman
Fukumi Kuroda
Man in White Suit's mistress
Naritoshi Hayashi
Accompanying Man
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Toshimune Kato
Young Employee
Kenso Kato
Hira
Yoshihei Saga
Salaryman
Setsuko Shinoi
Old Man's Mistress
Ei Takami
Homeless Man
Akio Tanaka
Salaryman
Gilyak Amagasaki
Homeless Man

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