Tampopo 1985

Name: Tampopo
Released: 1985-11-23
Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka

Synopsis:

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
Written by:	Jūzō Itami
Release date:	1985-11-23
Runtime:	115 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	The first Japanese Noodle Western.