New Yorker Films (1985)
Comedy
Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:54
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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Tsutomu Yamazaki | Gorô |
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Nobuko Miyamoto | Tampopo |
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Koji Yakusho | Gangster in the White Suit |
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Ken Watanabe | Gun |
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Rikiya Yasuoka | Pisuken |
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Kinzô Sakura | Shôhei |
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Yoshi Kato | Master of ramen making |
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Hideji Otaki | Rich Old Man |
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Fukumi Kuroda | Gangster's Mistress |
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Setsuko Shinoi | Rich old man's mistress |
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Yoriko Dôguchi | Girl Oyster-fisher |
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Masahiko Tsugawa | Supermarket manager |
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Chôei Takahashi | Company executives |
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Akio Tanaka | Company executives |
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Yoshihei Saga | Company executives |
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Toshimune Kato | Office junior |
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Isao Hashizume | Waiter |
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Mario Abe | Ramen stand owner |
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Hitoshi Takagi | Ramen shop owner in Chinatown |
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Sen Hara | Old lady who pinches everything |
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Narutoshi Hayashi | Con man being conned |
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Hisashi Igawa | Man who runs to see dying wife |
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Kensô Katô | Young Employee |
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Yoshihiro Kato | Gangster in white suit's henchman |
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Nobuo Nakamura | Intended victim of con man |
| Director | Juzo Itami |
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| Writer | Juzo Itami | |
| Producer | Seigo Hosogoe, Juzo Itami, Yasushi Tamaoki | |
| Musician | Kunihiko Murai | |
| Photography | Masaki Tamura | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | LPCM Mono [Japanese] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Regions | Region B |