Tampopo (1985)
The first Japanese Noodle Western.
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.
- Release Date: 1985-11-23
- Runtime: 1h 55min
- Production Company: New Century Producers
- Production Country: Japan
- Director: Jūzō Itami
- Writer: Jūzō Itami
