Poster of Tampopo

Tampopo(1985)

Comedy

23/10/1985

1hr 55m

The first Japanese Noodle Western.

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.

User Score

Budget: $1,500,000

Revenue: $0