Tampopo
1985 • Comedy
7.8 (427)
Jūzō Itami
Director
Status
Released
Release date
November 23, 1985
Duration
115 Min
Language
ja
Popularity
3.3897
Budget
$1,500,000
Revenue
$0
Overview
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.
