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Tampopo

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Movie
1985
1h 55m
Japanese
Comedy
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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.
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8.1
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Tampopo (1985) on IMDb
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94

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Cast

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Tsutomu Yamazaki
Nobuko Miyamoto
Ken Watanabe
Koji Yakusho
穿白衣服的男人
Rikiya Yasuoka
Kinz Sakura
Hye Enoki
Pisken's Henchman
G Awazu
Pisken's Henchman
Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner
Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese
Isao Hashizume
Hisashi Igawa
Running Man
Toshimune Kato
Young Employee
Kenso Kato
Yoshi Kat
Noodle-making Master
Zenpaku Kato
Man in White Suit's Henchman
Toshiya Fujita
Man with Toothache
Fukumi Kuroda
Man in White Suit's mistress
Nobuo Nakamura
Old Gentleman
Mariko Okada
Spaghetti Teacher
Yoshihei Saga
Salaryman
Setsuko Shinoi
Old Man's Mistress
Hitoshi Takagi
Restaurant Owner
Chei Takahashi
Ei Takami
Homeless Man
Directed By: Jūzō Itami
Written By: Jūzō Itami (Screenplay)

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fasterfilmcritic says...
3 months ago
Tampopo is a film made for those who think ramen noodles are not only appetizing, but also sensual.
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Maghook says...
3 years ago
A slice-of-life with splices of smaller slices of other lives between slices. Really fun and well-paced. Can become quite spontaneously bizarre and awkward, especially the lingering shot during the credits. Doesn't feel very '80s until it explicitly reminds you. Worth a watch, definitely belongs at the top of an extremely specific Japanese subgenre where nothing very exciting happens, but is presented in a way that is still captivating, which seems to have become a staple of Japanese cinema.
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beyzagonen says...
4 years ago
nouvelle vague but make it ramen. there are parodies of western, road stories, drama and a little bit of woman empowerment, love and lots of food. just make a big bowl of ramen as a company and it will make the experience so much better (both for the movie and the food)
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justindt
10/10  5 years ago
I didn't even know this movie existed a month ago. I went to the library to look for Kurosawa movies when I returned some books for my son. I found a couple, struck up a conversation with a librarian checking out, and she recommended this and immediately reserved it for me with me barely saying More
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CinemaSerf
11 months ago
Nobuko Miyamoto is the eponymous lady who runs her small noodle bar always with the same regulars and... well it's all just a bit routine. That is until "Gorô" (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and his young sidekick "Gun" (Ken Watanabe) arrive and decide they are going to help her realise her dream to improve he More
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