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Tampopo

Fox Lorber (1985)

NR (Not Rated)

715515195911

7.9

26,558

Action | Comedy | Foreign

Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:54

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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.

Cast View all

	Tsutomu Yamazaki	Gorô
	Nobuko Miyamoto	Tampopo
	Koji Yakusho	Gangster in the White Suit
	Ken Watanabe	Gun
	Rikiya Yasuoka	Pisuken
	Kinzô Sakura	Shôhei
	Yoshi Kato	Master of ramen making
	Hideji Otaki	Rich Old Man
	Fukumi Kuroda	Gangster's Mistress
	Setsuko Shinoi	Rich old man's mistress
	Yoriko Dôguchi	Girl Oyster-fisher
	Masahiko Tsugawa	Supermarket manager
	Chôei Takahashi	Company executives
	Akio Tanaka	Company executives
	Yoshihei Saga	Company executives
	Toshimune Kato	Office junior
	Isao Hashizume	Waiter
	Mario Abe	Ramen stand owner
	Hitoshi Takagi	Ramen shop owner in Chinatown
	Sen Hara	Old lady who pinches everything
	Narutoshi Hayashi	Con man being conned
	Hisashi Igawa	Man who runs to see dying wife
	Kensô Katô	Young Employee
	Yoshihiro Kato	Gangster in white suit's henchman
	Nobuo Nakamura	Intended victim of con man

Crew View all

Director	Juzo Itami
Writer	Juzo Itami
Producer	Seigo Hosogoe, Juzo Itami, Yasushi Tamaoki
Musician	Kunihiko Murai
Photography	Masaki Tamura

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Edition details

Edition	The Criterion Collection
Packaging	HD Case
Nr Discs	1
Screen Ratios	Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks	Mono [Japanese]
Subtitles	English (SDH)
Distributor	Criterion Collection
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Apr 25, 2017
Regions	Region A

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