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Tampopo
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.
Director and cast
- Jūzō Itami Director
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Goro
- Nobuko Miyamoto as Tampopo
- Ken Watanabe as Gun
- Koji Yakusho as White Suit Man
- Rikiya Yasuoka as Pisken
- Kinzō Sakura as Shohei
- Hyōe Enoki as Pisken's Henchman
- Gō Awazu as Pisken's Henchman
- Mario Abe as Restaurant Owner
- Izumi Hara as Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
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