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Tampopo
Sign in to saveis a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western.
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7.8In 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.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- widow
- restaurant
- business woman
- restaurant owner
- bullying
- sensei
- food
- truck driver
- erotic vignettes
- hoodlum
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Tampopo
- Film.image
- Tampopo - Poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical re-release poster
- Film.director
- Juzo Itami
- Film.screenplay
- Juzo Itami
- Film.music
- Kunihiko Murai
- Film.cinematography
- Masaki Tamura
- Film.editing
- Akira Suzuki
- Film.distributor
- Toho
- Film.runtime
- 115 minutes
- Film.country
- Japan
- Film.language
- Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
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is a 1985 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami, and starring Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho, and Ken Watanabe. The publicity for the film calls it the first "ramen Western", a play on the term spaghetti Western.
==Plot== A pair of truck drivers, Gorō and his younger colleague Gun, stop at a nondescript roadside ramen noodle shop. Outside, Gorō rescues a boy who is being beaten by three schoolmates. The boy, Tabo, is the son of Tampopo, the widowed owner of the struggling ramen shop, Lai Lai. Inside, a customer called Pisuken harasses Tampopo, demanding that she sell the shop. Gorō suggests Pisuken be quiet so he can enjoy his meal, then provokes a physical confrontation. Gorō puts up a good fight but, outnumbered by Pisuken and his men, he is knocked out and awakens the next morning in Tampopo's home.
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